Smoky Bottom Trailhead

Riverbank lupine bloom in spring along the Smoky Bottom Trail, with a view of the former Glines Canyon Dam.

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Trailhead

Starting just past the Glines Canyon Spillway Overlook (currently accessible on foot only, about 3 miles/4.8 km beyond the Madison Falls parking lot), this 1.9 mile/3 km one way trail drops into the valley above the former dam site. As you walk across riverbanks which were under water for nearly a century, you can see how the ecosystem has begun to return to a wilder, more natural state.