Gifford Pinchot National Forest Tale of Two Trails Hike Hike 46
Length: 3/10 Miles round trip Elevation Change: Almost No Elevation gain/loss Season: Year Round Difficulty: Easy with wheelchair access Permit: NW Forest Pass Required
Volcano Alert
Call this number to see if this trail is closed: 360-449-7800 Features:
This boardwalk trail is located through a 1900 year old lava flow. The scenic loop
takes you to many examples of the vertical molds left behind when hot lava flowed
through a living forest and surrounded the base of the trees. After the trees burned
up, there was a hole left where they had been, and those holes, or molds, are visible
to us today.
There are even some horizontal molds where the lave flowed over fallen trees, and
when they burned up, a holes were left in there place. Some of these holes are large
enough for visitors to crawl through.
As you can imagine, this area is extremely fragile, so please walk only where indicated.
A Virtual Hike in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest
