This looped trail along Cascade Falls and Portland Trails offers hikers with some incredible views of the jagged peaks that surround the town of Ouray. The trail steeply climbs to an overlook where you'll find breathtaking mountain vistas on your way to Upper Cascade Falls. The trail then backtracks and crosses a small creek as it makes its way toward scenic views of a steep mountainside that forms a natural amphitheater. From here, it follows a ridge and descends through an evergreen forest and aspen groves back to the parking area.