Emmons Moraine Trail

The glacier basin trail is a lovely, easy, and well maintained trail. At just under a mile, you reach a fork, and take a left. From there is is a short walk to a log turned into a foot bridge (complete with guard rail) where you cross. After that, a few short switchbacks puts you up on the ridge, and there are a couple of viewpoints just after. You get excellent views of the top of the glacier (it looks like a rock wall due to a debris fall covering it in rocks) and the beautiful, turquoise runoff lake. This is honestly not a bad place to turn back. If you want to continue, a short distance further takes you to a small washout and a sign indicating the end of the maintained trail. Continuing past this, the trail is quite nice for a short while, with a few views of what you have already seen. There are a few sections covered in ancient volcanic ash/sand, which feels really nice on bare feet. After this, the trail turns away from the ridge and continues through the forest. The trail is easy to lose at several places along the way. You will come around a bend and reach a spot with a really nice view of the mountain. This is the second spot where you may want to turn around. Continuing past this, the trail becomes increasingly difficult to follow. Coming to the end of the trail you get a fantastic view of... well- nothing at all. From there, you can scramble up to the ridge, and get a spectacular view of the same valley you have been looking at for a while. This ridge is easily walkable for at least a short distance towards the mountain. Overall a fun adventure, but don't feel like you will miss much by stopping at the first viewpoints.