• View from Sourdough Mountain Overlook A view looking down onto Diablo Lake. Photo Credit: NPS/Michael Silverman, 2010.

    North Cascades

    National Park Washington

Accessibility at Trail of the Cedars

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This accessible loop trail offering moderate grades, rest areas, interpretive signs and benches is maintained by Seattle City Light. People using wheelchairs may need some assistance. Touch the stringy bark and smell the fragrance of towering Western red cedars that line the trail as the soft murmur of the Skagit River passes in the background. Round trips are .3 miles (.5 kilometers) from Newhalem or the Newhalem Powerhouse. Accessible restrooms located across from Skagit General Store.

Did You Know?

Grizzly bear track in North Cascades National Park (1989). Photo Credit: NPS/NOCA/Roger Christophersen

Grizzly bear tracks can be a reliable indicator of species? Grizzly bear and black bear forepaw tracks are distinct from one another and often times better than a photo of the bear to confirm an observation. So don't just look up, look down.