Wallace Falls, Greg Ball Trail, Wallace Lake

    Started hiking at 7:30. Wallace River is still running strong. Only a few muddy spots. Stopped at all the view points, but skipped the Boy Scout nature trail. Pace was slow and leisurely with lots of conversation. Followed the blue diamonds from the Upper Falls up steep unmaintained user trail to abandoned road. Walked to the Wallace River to look at location of the old bridge and then turned around and headed to Wallace Lake. Tire tracks here on the road. Easy flat walking in the shade till the last mile or so when we were on a working forest road with no shade (welcome this day). Walked to the NW corner of the lake and ate our final lunch on the small delta of the North Fork Wallace River where it enters the Lake. Followed several roads down to the Greg Ball Trail. Very nice trail and beautiful forest. We can hear the North Fork, but only a few views of it. Bike tracks on the trail (closed to bikes????). Continued back to the TH on the RR Grade. Trails are well signed and in good condition. Met maybe a dozen hikers all day until we neared the parking lot when there were lots coming up. Stats were: 13 miles, 2,010’ gross elev. and 8 hours.