Icicle Gorge

This trail is in excellent shape. It is one of the few trails in the Icicle Canyon area that allows dogs, which is why we diverted here after discovering that Eightmile Lake did not allow dogs. Due to the washout of the road approaching the trail head you can tack on an extra 2 miles in each direction to get from the temporary parking lot at the washout to the trail head.

The trail passes through some beautiful forests, has tons of wild flowers blooming still, and is nicely shaded for most of the hike. There was only one blowdown that we had to pass over. The bridge and river view at the most downstream end of the loop is quite a sight. The Rock Island Campground at the fall upstream end of the trail is quite possibly the most scenic car campground I have ever encountered and it feels cut off from humanity with the washout further down stream. Too bad.