Kim W.
Okay, yeah, it's crowded, and there isn't as much water in summer and fall. But less water actually makes it easier for the changing wind patterns to toss the spray around, and most tourists come for a quick look and a single picture before leaving again, so you can sit for a good while and watch the water getting tossed in its patterns. One important note - scrambling up the rocks at the end of the trail is VERY DANGEROUS, as the copious X-rays of hikers' broken bones, which the park posts at the start of the trail, can attest. I know the main review here suggests it, but just say no.
4.0
This isn't a lake anyway - it's a seasonal pond. Which means that it's pretty much dried up in September. DOESN'T MATTER, STILL GORGEOUS. A shortish, easy walk- no more than 40 minutes - takes you along a stream, weaving in and out of groves of cedar, until you come out into a sweeping empty space surrounded by mountains. It's not a meadow yet - the plants haven't taken hold, except for a few trees here and there and some grasses growing along a trickle of a streamlet. So you can wander around gazing up at the mountains and the vast space around you.
5.0
I tried to get to the trailhead, but followed the directions and got to a scary-looking "private property" sign on the jeep trail. Has this been closed?
3.0
Disclaimer - writing about this spot got me a regular writing gig for a year, so I have a bias. But - check out the ruins of the hotel. A local artist sometimes will put site-specific installations on the inside walls, featuring photos of the old hotel or of the surrounding wildlife. The grand staircases leading nowhere also always make me think of Hogwarts.
4.0
I hiked the length of the white trail, which was VERY easy to get to without a car (there are bus stops at either end). The yellow trail will have to be my next stop.
4.0
A pair of friends and I visited Negro Bill Canyon a couple years back in the dead of winter - stunning scenery, and a hike easy enough for the newbies but challenging enough that I didn't feel like I was being "babied". But - while trying to cross a stream on the way to Morning Glory Bridge, one of us slipped and planted a foot ankle-deep in a stream, and since it was below freezing she turned back to the car. And then on the return FROM Morning Glory Bridge, I did exactly the same thing at exactly the same stream. It's easier than you think. This is also why my friends and I, who were slightly uneasy about the canyon's name, now call it "Dunkfoot Gulch".
5.0
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