Glacier National Park Trip Day #4 part 2: Hiking Trail of Cedars & Avalance Lake
Once we finished our scenic boat tour we headed further down the Going to the Sun Road to park near the Trail of the Cedars/Avalanche Lake trail.
This was my favorite hike in the park! For much of the avalanche lake trail you can see and/or hear a waterfall and brook. There are also spectacular view of the mountains around. The water carves out some incredible patterns in the rocks.
We could finally see the trees opening up for the lake.
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| The lake is this incredible turquoise color! |
We walked further down the lake to eat our lunch and could both hear and (sort of!) see the waterfalls that feed into the lake. It was still pretty smoky in parts of the park.
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| can you see the waterfall? |
I just could not get over the color of the water or how clear it was!
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| You can see right to the bottom! |
We picked up the rest of the Trail of the Cedars on our way down so we could finish that loop.
Once we walked backed to our car we drove over to check out the Apgar Village, got some ice cream, and bought a few clothing souvenirs. I got a new fleece and a hiking shirt; both were on sale!
We headed back to the rental, unpacked our hiking bags, took showers, and headed out to dinner. We tried a new place: Great Bear Cafe. It was incredible! My husband got the pulled pork sandwich and macaroni salad and I got the spinach salad. We were remarking that we hadn't had a single bad meal yet this entire trip!
Days 1 & 2: Arriving & Grinnell glacier
Day 3: Conrad Mansion Museum & Hungry Horse Dam
Day 4 part 1: Lake McDonald Scenic Boat Tour
Day 5: North Fork & Bowman Lake
Days 6 & 7: St Mary's & Virginia falls & Coming home
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Incredible beauty! Great pics! I want to go there!!
ReplyDeleteIt really is so beautiful!
DeleteThe trees are just so massive! That salad looks so good. I love pickled red onions if that is what that was on top!
ReplyDeleteThose are picked onions; I had never had them but I really liked them a lot.
DeleteCan't get over the views and the lake water is just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI felt like we couldn't get over the views either. All the lakes have such pretty colors.
DeleteWhat a great trail! I still can't believe you went hiking in grizzly country.
ReplyDeleteMost of the trails we stuck to were quite heavily trafficked; the only day I felt a bit unsure/unsafe was on our 5th day when we went hiking in the North Fork. I made sure to not stop talking once!
DeleteGlacier National Park is a favorite of ours and your pics brought back a lot of sweet memories. Our love of the park led us then to go into Canada to Lake Louise and continue the adventure.
ReplyDeleteWe really loved it too!
DeleteIt looks so pretty!
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful!
DeleteI loved seeing these pictures! I got married on this trail on the bridge from the Trail of the Cedars right before the hike to the lake. When I went back in 2018, we had a picnic lunch on the trail. That lake is amazing and such stunning views. We got huckleberry ice cream at Apgar Village. So glad y'all enjoyed this!
ReplyDeleteIt was such a beautiful spot to get married! We saw someone taking photos in a wedding dress up near Logan's pass and it made me think of you.
DeleteWhat a beautiful place to hike!! You captured some gorgeous photos. I could have sat there by that water all day! That ice cream and food looks delicious!!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you! It was a perfect place to stop and eat lunch and just soak in the views. It really was incredible.
DeleteWow, wow, wow! What a beautiful trail! The water is so clear. The views are stunning. Even the ice cream looks so good! Glad you are having a good time.
ReplyDeleteThank you! We really did have such a great time. The whole park is just so beautiful.
DeleteWhat a beautiful place! I think we'd all be better off if we spent more time in nature and less on social media. You captured some magnificent scenery!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!
DeleteThis is just beyond breathtaking!!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it? I just could not get over all of nature's beauty the whole trip.
DeleteStunning photos and gorgeous scenery. Way to go Joanne.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThat water is incredible!! How does it stay so clear?
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From what I've read and understand the water doesn't have the right nutrients in it to sustain plant growth... I think.
DeleteEach of your recaps seem to get more scenic - that lake water is amazing! You must have felt such a sense of satisfaction at the end of every day and then to cap it off with a great meal must have been wonderful. What a memorable trip!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you! We really did enjoy our hikes so much and the views just could not be beat.
DeleteAmazing photos. Just look at that water. Wow. Montana is a state we would love to visit one day.
ReplyDeleteIt really is quite beautiful there.
DeleteSo beautiful, but I really want to say that you have a wonderful way of showing us how beautiful it is! Great photos that really show off the park..
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you so much; that is such a sweet compliment.
DeleteThe pictures are so beautiful. That water is so clear its unreal! That is really lucky that all the food was so good. Sometimes it can be hit or miss at remote towns.
ReplyDeleteYeah we were a bit unsure about a few of the places we tried but other than 1 place we ate (that we didn't really pick-- the place we wanted to eat at was closed so they recommended another one to us-- that we hated!) we really had some great meals.
DeleteWhat a stunning park! This is high on my list to visit and I would definitely get some of that ice cream too!
ReplyDeleteI think we capped off nearly every hiking day with an ice cream treat!
DeleteAbsolutely, breathtaking. That LAKE!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was incredible to see.
DeleteWow!!! That water is gorgeous and so clear! It really makes me want to visit! Thanks for sharing these photos!
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DeleteSuch a gorgeous place for a hike, so much to look at. Thanks for taking us along.
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Deletewow looks like an incredible place to hike - those massive trees, the mountains, the lake, those reflections! wow. gorgeous. And your salad for dinner looks delicious! Thanks for sharing with us and have a fabulous week!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you!
DeleteIt's sooo beautiful! I love it. It must be absolutely wonderful to walk on those paths.
ReplyDeleteIt really was! I love a good trail in the mountains near water... and these lakes were just so pretty.
DeleteThe trees and views are so incredible! Thanks for sharing your photos!
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DeleteGlacier looks incredible! What amazing pics. Especially that turquoise lake!
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It really is an incredible park.
DeleteWhat a beautiful walking path. Your photos are great. I'm sure it was hard to edit them down for a post as I suspect everywhere you looked there was such great beauty!
ReplyDeleteIt really was so hard to narrow down which photos to use!
DeleteWhat a beautiful location for a hike! The waterfall is stunning and the lake too, the water is so clear. Fantastic photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI cannot get over the colors of the lake and how crystal clear the water is! What a stunning place!
ReplyDeleteIt really is so stunning.
DeleteI can see why this was your favorite trail. The views are incredible and the mountain lake is so gorgeous! I really wish I could visit this park but so afraid of grizzly bears!! I am sure it was helpful that other hikers where out at the same time.
ReplyDeleteYes, that helped A LOT. We ran into a few hikers that had seen bears but no one had any bad experiences with them-- the bears ambled off after a short time so that felt like a bit of a relief to hear too.
DeleteCatching up...... I also loved this trail when we visited the park! I wa samazed by the PNW forest with all its ferns and greenery. and seeing avalanche damage made me realized the force of all that snow cascading down the mountain!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! A few of the trails we noticed HUGE boulders and could see all sorts of scratching embedded in the rock too and I'm guessing that's either from avalanches or past pressure from glacier moving across/depositing them.
DeleteWow, those pictures! The second one of looking down the waterfall is just spectacular. What a lovely trail! Thanks for sharing this post with all of us at the Will Blog for Comments #69 linkup. Hope to see you next week at #70, too, with more posts (old or new)!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you! It was so neat to hear the water roaring and see the neat circles it carved into the rocks.
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