Middle Fork Snoqualmie River: Upstream

11.8mi of killer potholes to trailhead. Even a horse would be scared! And yet, plenty of cars made it with low clearance, so I guess taking it slow you don't need an SUV like ours.

Great trailhead with bathroom and informative signage station. Aim for the spectacular hiker suspension bridge. Wow! What a beautiful bridge.

Turn left, but don't trust the guide book's milage. A trail runner said he made it 5.9 miles to the next bridge across, whereas the book states one way is only 3+ miles.

The first section has great views of the river. Then the section of forest under the vertical cliffs on the butte was also beautiful.

But get ready: 41 blowdowns in 3 miles! A few were real challenges.

To balance that I counted 21 beautiful little bridges crossing creeks. And lots of trilliums, skunk cabbage and what I think was baneberry. The other highlight were the cascading creeks heading for the river.

At close to 3 miles, we reached a large, deep creek our aging dog just couldn't cross so we turned around there.

Had the trail mostly to outselves leaving at 11am, but on the way back met lots of large boy scout and other groups. So get an early start!