ビュート郡のおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

On the 1.8-mile Broken Top Loop Trail, you can observe almost all the volcanic features of the basalt eruptions that created this unique landscape. With an elevation gain of just 242 feet, you'll circle the extinct Broken Top volcano and pass Buffalo Cave. This trail is also the access point to the Wilderness Trail.

When flaming hot lava hit the trees in this area, the trees fell and ignited. Even today you can see the relics of the "molten" trees and holes that a standing tree left behind.

The 2-mile (roundtrip) Tree Molds Trail leads you through bushes and pine forests to the edge of the Blue Dragon Flow. Here, numerous trees were knocked over and ignited by molten lava. You can still see the imprints of the charred tree trunks in the lava rock along this trail today. In some places, however, the trees remained standing as the lava flowed around them, leaving vertical imprints in the cooling lava.

The Devils Orchard Nature Trail is a 0.5-mile paved loop showing you an area of cinder beds scattered with pieces of North Crater. There are interesting information boards for the awareness of this fragile environment. The trail is wheelchair-accessible.

You will find several information boards with interesting facts about the changing environment in Craters of the Moon National Monument. So take your time to learn a bit more about this unique place. There are also benches, in case you want to rest.

Once you make it to the 6,181 foot summit of Inferno Cone, there is a single old tree that offers some shade. Enjoy the stunning view over the dramatic landscape with the nearby Spatter Cones, the Great Rift, the Snake River Plain, and the Pioneer Mountains.

The Inferno Cone Trail is no true trail: over half a mile, you just walk straight up the steep cinder cone of the Inferno Cone where a single old tree offers some shade. The view over the dramatic landscape with the Great Rift, the Snake River Plain, and the Pioneer Mountains is breathtaking! It can be pretty windy up here.

The Caves Trail leads to four different caves that are actually lava tubes: Dewdrop Cave, Indian Tunnel, Boy Scout Cave and Beauty Cave. Some of the caves might be closed to protect bats or for the season and you need to obtain a free permit from the Visitor Center to enter any cave. While walking above the ground, you can discover fascinating formations that were created by the latest lava flow: the Blue Dragon Lava Flow with bluish lava.