Sacred Dancing Cascades
A few miles northeast of Lake McDonald Lodge is a pullout where you see a series of waterfalls along McDonald Creek called the Sacred Dancing Cascades.
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A few miles northeast of Lake McDonald Lodge is a pullout where you see a series of waterfalls along McDonald Creek called the Sacred Dancing Cascades. From your car, it's only a couple of minutes' walk to a footbridge, which offers prime viewing of turquoise water frothing to white as it cascades over rocks in the riverbed. During the height of summer snow-melt, the cascades can roar. In late summer, the water dances down rock steps into clear pools, revealing the colors of the riverbed. You can access the falls by a car and a short walk from the pull-out, or by hiking the Johns Lake loop trail.
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