Cascade Canyon Trail

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Features Birding · River/Creek · Views · Wildlife

There are many rocks and roots on this awesome trail.

Starting from the Jenny Lake Trail, Cascade Canyon Trail ascends very steeply heading west towards Lake Solitude. Prior to the trail turning north, enjoy the gorgeous views of Hidden Falls, an approximately 100' water fall.

After the falls, the trail heads straight up, and ascends multiple switchbacks until you reach Inspiration Point - a viewpoint providing outstanding views of Jenny Lake and the surrounding Teton Mountains. From Inspiration Point, the trail becomes very mellow, and works its way west through deep woods.

Cascade Canyon was formed during the last glacial maximum by a retreating glacier. Evidence of the historic glacier can be found through polished glacial erratics, hanging cirques, and its general U-shape.

Mammals:

• Pika
• Marmot
• Moose
• Black Bears
• Grizzly Bears

Birds:

• American Dippers
• Harlequin Ducks
• Western Tanagers
• Ruby-Crowned Kinglets
• Yellow-Rumped Warblers
• Golden Eagles
• Steller’s Jays
• Gray Jays
• Golden-Crowned Kinglets
• Dark-Eyed Juncos
• Townsend’s Warblers

Flora:

• Dense conifer forest
• Open meadows of wildflowers
• As elevation increases, wildflowers abound while trees become stunted and eventually shrub-like.

Be on the lookout for moose on this run, we saw three!