Waterfalls Cascade through Columnar Lava
The Lava Canyon Trail explores an area scoured by lahars (volcanic mudflows) during the 1980 eruption. The trail begins as a paved, barrier-free trail and quickly changes to a more challenging trail, including a 1.4 mile loop with an exhilarating suspension bridge.
DANGER – Stay on this Trail. Lava Canyon has steep drops and big waterfalls. People that have left the trail have been swept over the falls to their deaths.
The Lava Canyon trail winds through steep canyon walls, passing waterfalls flowing over columnar lava.
The Lava Canyon Trail features an impressive suspension bridge.
