Sheridan Mountain Trail

Dogs Leashed

Features Lake · River/Creek · Spring · Views · Waterfall · Wildflowers · Wildlife

There is heavy bear activity along the trail and hikers should be appropriately prepared.

This moderately-steep trail begins in a spruce-hemlock forest and follows a stream that provides resting spots with views of waterfalls. Midway, the landscape transitions into a shrub habitat before opening up into a small picturesque alpine basin. From this basin rock cairns guide the hiker to the top of a nearby ridge that offers commanding views of the Sheridan and Sherman Glaciers, as well as, the Copper River Delta. This trail has intermittent step and run covering much of the wet, muddy areas in the lower sections, and little tread work on the upper sections. The first 1.9 miles is a "17(b)" easement.

Spruce-hemlock forest that passes through muskeg meadows then opens up into a shrub habitat and eventually enters an alpine zone.
Bears and mountain goats might be viewed from the trail.