Adventurous Trail
By Blaze on 11/6/2026
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Distance: 1.55 Miles Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
My wife and I hiked the Notch Trail in Badlands National Park. What makes this short hike so dramatic is a ladder that you have to climb. It is a ladder made of log steps suspended by metal cord cabling. Once you get up to the top of the ladder, the trail continues along some cliff edges before it flattens out and takes you to the notch overlook. There is another overlook you can go to that is nearby. There is no way back but to go down the ladder, so be sure you are comfortable with this before you decide to go up the ladder.