Snoquera Falls #1167

Took some Aussie friends out for a hike to show them the NW, so Snoquera seemed like a good place to start on a hot day. Started from parking lot at Camp Sheppard and headed into the cool woods. A little confusion at the scout campfire area, but memory served me correct and we headed uphill on the old dozer road to the junction. Once on the trail they were wowed by the flora: trilliums, columbine, indian paintbrush, just to name a few. Continued up the hill to the crossing over Snoquera Creek-- falls just above us. About 100 ft beyond creek is a very steep trail up to the falls. Had lunch at the falls kids dipped their feet in the cool water, then packed up for trip down. Decided to make entire loop, so we headed NW from the falls. IMPORTANT NOTE: if you don't like heights, or have small children, going this way is probably not a good idea. Trail cuts through numerous talus slopes, hopping boulders. Lost trail at a switchback and had to negotiate a very bad slope to find it. Finally back on trail, the hike down to valley was easy. Linked into White River trail and headed back towards cars via Camp Sheppard after a wonderful day. Beautiful falls, didn't rain, only saw one other person--what could be better