点评:We took the drive from Aspen to see the Grottos ice caves & cascades. Just fyi it’s there’s serious drop off on the narrow road to get there. (See my bottom part about another area to see close by).
The first 200-300 feet is an easy flat walk. Once at the junction go left. Then some climbing and finding your way on & through rocks as the path that is not really marked. Going along the top has a big crevasse so go to right of the mounds of rock tops. You’ll come to a small foot bridge & you can look into the ice caves. Once to the falls you can work your way left & down to the water & for better views. There’s some nature/man made steps down to the water area. The whole area is Beautiful. There was a lot of ice/snow still in the caves & a number of other people hanging out down there so I never went down. On our return we had to stop & let a moose finish eating & move on. Awesome sighting. As we were leaving I was talking to a couple coming. She told me on our way back about 300 -500 feet on the left is a gravel parking area. There’s a great grotto there on the left. You have to get out and walk 100 feet or so towards the edge to see it fully, but it’s worth seeing. It was beautiful and there’s a path that goes along the water with small falls. We would have missed it had she not told me. She said kids go there in the summer & jump from the top areas… as a mom I cringed when I saw it lol
翻译:我们从阿斯彭开车去看格罗托斯冰洞和瀑布。友情提示,通往那里的路很窄,而且有一段很陡的悬崖。(附近还有另一个值得一看的地方,详见下文)。
最初的200-300英尺是一段平坦的轻松步行。到达岔路口后向左走。接下来需要攀爬一段路,并在岩石间寻找方向,因为这条路并没有明显的标记。沿着顶部走会遇到一个很大的裂缝,所以要绕到岩石堆的右侧。你会走到一座小桥,可以透过桥看到冰洞内部。到达瀑布后,你可以向左走,然后下到水边,欣赏更美的景色。有一些天然或人工的台阶可以通往水边。整个区域都非常美丽。冰洞里还有很多冰雪,而且下面还有其他人,所以我没有下去。回程途中,我们不得不停下来,让一只驼鹿吃完东西后再继续前行。真是令人难忘的景象。我们离开的时候,我跟一对迎面走来的夫妇聊了起来。她告诉我,回程路上左边大概300到500英尺的地方有个碎石停车场。停车场左边有个很棒的洞穴。你得下车走到洞边大概100英尺才能看到全貌,但绝对值得一看。洞穴很美,沿着水边有一条小路,还有小瀑布。要不是她告诉我,我们肯定就错过了。她说夏天的时候孩子们会去那里,从洞顶跳下去……作为一个妈妈,我看到那画面都觉得心疼死了,哈哈。