The Trail of the Cedars is a hiking trail accessible from
Going-to-the-Sun Road
Going-to-the-Sun Road is a scenic mountain road in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in Glacier National Park in Montana. The Sun Road, as it is sometimes abbreviated in National Park Service documents, is the only road that trave ...
in
Glacier National Park,
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
.
The path is paved and has a raised boardwalk in some sections. Some of the
cedars visible are over tall. The trail splits into two sections: one loops, while the other continues to
Avalanche Lake which can reached after a hike with a elevation gain.
In the middle of the half loop is a beautiful waterfall that has carved through colorful rock to make a channeled stream.
References
Going-to-the-Sun Road
Protected areas of Flathead County, Montana
Hiking trails in Montana
Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Flora of Montana
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