This is an incredible hike. Easy for beginners with plenty of photo ops along the way. The bridges are narrow, but just pay attention to be careful to not cross your snowshoes and you will be just fine.

The falls at the end are worth it, but this hike is mostly level and not a very long hike at all.

We had tried this hike a couple weeks ago. We had stopped just short of the waterfalls, so I thought we would try again.
   I was driving the 4 Runner (without traction tires) a little recklessly to the trailhead, knowing that I had a shovel to dig out if we got stuck. We got stuck trying to park the car off the road near the trailhead. Then I realized I had forgot the shovel. It took about 20 minutes to free the thing loose. You will need a very snow capable vehicle if you plan on making all the way back to the trailhead.
   We hit the trail and were breaking fresh powder in no time. The bridge over the creek was a bit sketchy. The path was narrow and it would be easy to get your snowshoes crossed up, leading to you reaching for the snow covered hand rails, which, due to the snowpack, are only knee high in places.
   We only made it to the creek basin crossing this time. If you decide to go past this point, you will drop into the basin through chest high snow, and cross the creek over a beaver dam/snow bridge. If crossing through the basin doesn't slow you down, the treeless meadow just below the waterfalls certainly will.
   The snow was really coming down on our way out. It was a very white Christmas all the way down to North Bend.

road to trailhead inaccessible. ran into increasingly wet deep snow at bridge and encountered truck who turned us back saying he had turned back due to deep snow and was happy he was able to make it out.

Low Mountain has been on my radar for some time now, having failed two summit bids due to soft snow and lack of proper gear. So needles to say, I was stoked to see a recent trip report by a few NWHikers with snowshoes. Thanks to Gimpilator, EastKing, and Jacob Smith for packing down a nice trench for me!

The road is covered in snow from the junction at Asahel Curtis, and I was lucky to make it within a 1/4 mile of the trail head (which was covered in 1-2' of powder) with balding passenger tires.

Leaving the car just before 8 o'clock, I made good time up to the first crossing of Denny Creek which had just enough solid snow to make a safe crossing. The first talus field caused me a few post-holes but by the second open section the trench began to fill in with powder, providing a little more staying power.

As forecast, snow began to fall around 9:30 and the wind began to pick up as I approached the pass. Beyond Hemlock Pass the trench was only sporadically visible under several inches of new snowfall and drift. There were a few short sections where the ridge became very narrow with significant exposure on either side providing some route-finding challenges between trees and away from corniced edges.

Before I had descended half of the North ridge, my own trench was almost indistinguishable under heavy snowfall and wind drift. As is my usual luck, the fog began to lift and the snowfall slowed within 20 minutes of leaving the summit. Between the pass and the falls I encountered a pair of skiers skinning their way up and a group of over a dozen snowshoers on their way to Melakwa Lake.