Wallace Falls - Lake Loop, Wallace Falls State Park - Greg Ball Trail to Wallace Lake — Sunday, May. 1, 2011

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

we started out early, before 11 am. THe parking lot was on its way to being full. we hiked for a while, it was very beautiful, but a lot of people. we had our dog off leash, there were a lot of other dogs, most on leash though... we eventually got to a fork in the trail.. we stayed to the right in order to view the middle and upper falls. both were great. there are a lot of switch backs on the way up to the upper falls. once you get there, most people turn back. There is a big warning sign telling you if you continue on, you better be prepared. we decided to continue on. for about 15 minutes there is no real trail at all! you see these blue diamond markers on the trees, and you follow the markers! its a little scary, but very exciting! you go from tree to tree, and eventually you make your way out of the thick wooded area, onto an old rr trail, that bikes can go on. we walked it for quite a way, and there are signs at almost all the forks in the roads. we decided we had made good time, and went to go check out wallace lake. it was pretty. there was water on the trails the lake wasnt that big of a deal though, but it was fun. then we headed back, but not the way we came. we kept following the rr trail west until we got to another trail marker, marking the greg ball trail, going south, back down to almost the original trail we started on... that was an easy hike down. we made a big loop i had a lot of fun. we hiked over 6 hours i would do it again its fun to continue on past the upper falls. very little people do it, and its exciting!