Trip Reports

Trail is in good condition, no real problems at all. Saw the WTA crew clearing the trail and drainage, thanks guys!

Beautiful falls, worth the little added effort to get to the upper falls.

Started around 4pm, made it to Upper Falls around 5:30. I'm not an experienced hiker, nor am I in great shape, and this was a challenging hike for me - though not so challenging that it stopped being fun. :)

My favorite viewpoint was the one between Middle and Upper falls - in addition to a couple of waterfalls, you can look out over the valley for a good distance.

The trail was super busy until Lower Falls - lots of families with young kids, dogs, etc. After Middle Falls traffic was sparse.

There were some ripe berries along the trail, but mostly in the lower section, which sees the most kid-traffic... so there weren't very many left when I went through.

Bugs were present but not too bad - I put on a little bit of bug spray before heading out and was fine.

I went up to Wallace Falls via the Woody Trail and then proceeded up to the top to make the trip over to Wallace Lake. Next I came back down via the Greg Ball trail and then down the Old Railroad Grade for a 10.5 mile loop hike.
I started out at around 4:30pm to avoid the heat of the day. Fortunately it is a shaded trail, as it was fairly warm even at this time. Sweated buckets up to the top of the falls and then was greeted by a nice breeze at the very top of the falls. I used an all natural Bug Band to keep away the bugs, this seemed to work as I did not get any bites! On the trail over to the lake, there were some pesky bugs dive bombing me whereupon I used my MacGyver skills to outwit and defeat them (nothing like dead branches and dancing around like a crazy person to ward off evil bugs).
That being said, it was a really lovely way to kick off my hike-a-thon. I am really happy the weather is supposed to be getting cooler so that I can continue towards my mileage goals!
Happy Hiking to all and especially my fellow hike-a-thoners!

Moderate hike, staying on foot path along falls. We started our hike around 9:30am, took one hour to get to the Upper Falls with a few breaks along the way to view the Lower and Middle Falls. Hike back took about an hour and a half (our dog was hot and decided to take a break in the river). On the way back, we noticed quite the increase in traffic up the trail, so start earlier than later. A number of people stop around mile post 1.5 to have lunch and let dogs play at the picnic shelter. The Wallace River was not overly full, so I imagine earlier in spring would make it a more impressive view. But, overall, a very nice day hike for us, the [lazy] dog and a camera.

Hiked this on a sunny Sunday - was expecting many more people. At noon the parking lot was half full. Trail was in good shape - a bit dusty in places. The river is still moving quickly so be careful if you go to coool down after the hike.

We hiked up to Middle Falls and had a great time. Only complaint was bugs -- a lot of little flies and things that looked like deer flies buzzing around us for the whole hike.

Although there weren't a lot of cars, the trail was busy. At the Lower Falls picnic shelter there were at least 6 groups having lunch.

    Started hiking at 7:30. Wallace River is still running strong. Only a few muddy spots. Stopped at all the view points, but skipped the Boy Scout nature trail. Pace was slow and leisurely with lots of conversation. Followed the blue diamonds from the Upper Falls up steep unmaintained user trail to abandoned road. Walked to the Wallace River to look at location of the old bridge and then turned around and headed to Wallace Lake. Tire tracks here on the road. Easy flat walking in the shade till the last mile or so when we were on a working forest road with no shade (welcome this day). Walked to the NW corner of the lake and ate our final lunch on the small delta of the North Fork Wallace River where it enters the Lake. Followed several roads down to the Greg Ball Trail. Very nice trail and beautiful forest. We can hear the North Fork, but only a few views of it. Bike tracks on the trail (closed to bikes????). Continued back to the TH on the RR Grade. Trails are well signed and in good condition. Met maybe a dozen hikers all day until we neared the parking lot when there were lots coming up. Stats were: 13 miles, 2,010’ gross elev. and 8 hours.

I had heard this trail was usually pretty packed so when i saw the weather was reporting cloudy skies but no rain i knew this would be the day to go. I showed up around 11:30 am and there was plenty of parking, there was probably 5 other cars in the lot. A short way into the hike it rained a small amount then the skies cleared and it was sunny, although the trees give great coverage to protect you from the sun. Really beautiful hike! I walked to the waterfall and back out for a 3 hour 6 mile round trip hike. There are lots of unripe berries and a few ripening ones. The watterfalls and views of the river are amazing. When i got back out it was nearly 2:30 and the parking lot had since become full, probably due to the better weather (:

This is one of the most scenic trails we have done. We took the woody trail because it runs along the wallace river. It's a pretty simple hike upto middle falls and then the difficulty level goes up a lil bit on the way to the upper falls. There is a small diversion right after the middle falls which is really worth a stop. You get this gorgeous view of the valley below and great view of central cascades and a nice view of gold bar or sultan. We were planning to go all the way to wallace lake from Upper falls but the hike after upper falls is not advised. If you plan to go wallace lake, I think greg ball trail is a better choice. All in all great workout and a nice long trail. There were many people(families) on the hike, obviously it was a Saturday afternoon. I have no idea about other reviewers talking about bugs.....Just few regular bees and mosquitoes (what do you expect in the meadows which is right next to a river?). On your way back, if you like getting rewarded, try this awesome milkshake/creamshake ;) at a Shell gas station in Sultan. It was outside this Subway. I don't remember the name of the coffee shop but it was absolutely awesome.

Being a hazy day this was a good low land hike/walk. We went up the to the falls, across the ridge, over to the lake and down the Greg Ball trail. The falls were beautiful and the trail is in good shape all around. Not to many hikers, but lots of bugs.

We did the classic 11 mile loop hike to Wallace Lake and the waterfalls. The Greg Ball Trail is in decent condition, although a few nasty mudholes remain on the upper end of the trail. A few patches of snow linger around Wallace Lake, not enough to be a problem for hikers. Pebble Beach is still flooded, and the creek that flows into the lake at the "beach" is running strongly. Some extensive snow patches remain on the trail that goes from Wallace Lake to the upper end of Wallace Falls. There are also numerous blowdowns, but nothing that will slow you down much. The waterfall trail was wildly popular as usual; the trail itself is in good condition despite the pounding of numerous feet.