Taylor River #1002
Jun 28, 2008
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Otter and Big Creek Falls - Taylor River
- Region: Snoqualmie Pass -- North Bend Area
- Agency: Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, Snoqualmie Ranger District
- Trails: Taylor River (#1002)
- Avg Rating: 4.06
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
- Water on trail
This was my first time on this trail with my goal being the Otter Falls. It was a beautiful, sunny and warm day and arrived at the trail head about 11:00AM. Parking was rather full and ended up having to park about 100 yards from the bridge along the edge of the road. Speaking of which, this is a very bumpy and pothole ridden road for about the last 10 miles. Hit the trail by 11:30. The first mile and a half of the trail is in very good shape. At about 2 miles you cross a bridge at a very beautiful water fall, well worth a picture or two.
After this bridge is where you begin to run into the blow down trees and there are a lot of them. You can work your way over, under or around all the trees but in a few cases where you go under if you have a large backpack on it can be rather challenging. There are a few creeks that are flowing across the trail (creeks on this day were running at max capacity due to the warm weather). Two of the crossings are a bit difficult but not impossible. I just took my boots and socks off and waded across due to the bottle neck of hikers waiting their turn to cross on the narrow tree limbs and rocks.
Found the cairn of rocks identifying the cutoff point to get to Otter Falls, glad they are there because you would never see the ""Trail"" otherwise. There really isn't a trail persay but it is an easy scramble up the hill side about 200 feet were you cross the ridge and drop into Lipsy Lake. The falls were spectacular, one of the prettiest I have seen and well worth the trip. The snow was all gone except two very tiny patches on the trail. Hiking time trailhead to Otter Falls is about 2 hours.
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