Discover
Trail treasures
YOUR back yard
THE CRYSTAL PALACE AT GORGE METRO PARK
Rebecca Zak, Interpretive Naturalist
When the mid-winter deep freeze
extending your adventure an additional
envelops Northeast Ohio, geology, water
quarter mile north on Front Street. Follow
and temperature unite to create spectacular
the sidewalk to High Bridge Glens Park and
icicles in Gorge Metro Park. On a cold,
view the grand finale: a 250-foot stretch of
sunny day, hike Glens Trail — a one-way
colorful icicles draping over one hundred feet
trail with a .8-mile-roundtrip that is worth
of rock walls above our “crooked river.”
every slippery step. Equip yourself with crampons, hiking poles and winterwear and keep your eyes to the east. Across the Cuyahoga River, you will notice icicles dangling from rock ledges. Continue along to view ice formations that grow in both quality and quantity, coalescing into ice columns covering rock walls. Once you reach the end of Glens Trail, consider
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