"Cedar Rapids" at Petit Jean
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Cedar Falls Trail
Length: 2 1/4 miles round trip
Time: 1 1/2 - 2 hours
Difficulty: Strenuous
The trail begins behind the breezeway at Mather Lodge, a majestic CCC rustic style mountain lodge, and winds down into Cedar Creek Canyon. Massive stone boulders and large trees adorn the trailside. The trail then follows Cedar Creek to 95-foot Cedar Falls.
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Somehow we failed to read the sign on the way down that said "Strenuous Trail." And it didn't occur to us when Louis (ranger) thrust his walking stick on me and said, "Just in Case" that the trusty stick would turn out to be a lifesaver.
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It had been a rainy winter, and the falls were ROARING. They were just around the next bend.
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Uploaded on February 06, 2010