The official trail ends at the viewpoint of the first cave entrance but you can walk further or even go inside the cave if you choose.
Granite falls ice caves washington.
The trail is pretty easy until you reach the river.
Drive from granite falls takes about an hour and 20 minutes through beautiful mountain sites along a river that leads up to a gold mining camp past the ice caves.
So make sure you go before you leave.
The ice caves is my favorite hike in granite.
This is a short hike at just 2 2 miles roundtrip with little elevation change.
The trail is about 30 minutes each way.
The hike takes you through the forest to the side of big four mountain where the big four ice caves are.
Big four ice caves granite falls.
Theres a lot of parking with no potholes but you need a recreation pass to be able to park there.
We have a cabin in this area and enjoy it many times easy flat hike to the caves in about 45 minutes.
Drive from granite falls takes about an hour and 20 minutes through beautiful mountain sites along a river that leads up to a gold mining camp past the ice caves.
The bathrooms look nice from the outside but they smell very bad.
Great picnic spots as well.