Sauk it to me! We had time after the Old Sauk trail to follow this trail along the river to quiet Beaver Lake. After crossing the Sauk, and opposite of the White Chuck river access the trailhead parking lot will be on your right. A little path between 2 rocks is the beginnig of the trail, and the sign is down by the river, not at the parking lot. The trail follows an old railroad grade and remnants of the tracks can be seen where there was an old slide. The lake is still and marshy with some old beaver dams. We followed the trail to where it ends at the river and an old slide. There are some good views of mtns in the open areas on the river. Pugh, Sloan and Whitechuck, I think. We also saw 2 eagles.I liked this a little better than Old Sauk, though I may not have if it was raining. This may be a good hike in the spring for birding and flowers.

This trail was easy to find with the use of the directions on this website but I could see it being nearly impossible with out them. The trail itself was well used but there were a few fallen trees over it. All were easy to go around. Once at the lake you are greeted by a beautiful lake FULL of crawfish that you can see from the shore. There are several decent camp sites too and I would love to make a trip here to camp and have a crawfish boil. :)

It has been twenty years since I have hiked Beaver Lake, memories of trees larger than anything I had ever seen were locked in my mind... This is an easy hike for all ages. It rambles a fairly flat bed beauty through green, moss, more green, plants of all kinds and finally a small grove of old growth trees though not the ones I remember. The trail was wet but it had been raining for days, there were a few sections of blow-downs but everything was managable. The mosquitos were on the wild side as they never left our side even wearing 100% pure Deet. The trail hits the Saulk river and a path has been re-worked past the slide area. We walked ahile further until we hit the river again and this time the trail ended. We could go no further and headed back. Its sad to see the river damage and not to find my old ginormous old growth trees, but we had a graet time and got some nice photographs...I will be back.

This little used trail makes for a pleasant stroll along the Sauk river to a small lake, no elevation gain to speak of so it's great for all age levels. Catch some nice views of the Sauk as you stroll along an old railroad grade, and if you keep your eyes open you can spot where some of the old rails have been uncovered along the eroding bank. The lake makes for a fine destination, as the trail is washed out about a quarter of a mile beyond. If you come from Barlow Pass, allow a bit of extra time as the road between there and the Whitechuck river has quite a few potholes.

Woodland trail along the river, just what we wanted. This trail is a fantastic easy hike, just our speed. Trailhead is well marked off road with a large forest sign (brown and yellow). Drive across the road to the boat launch for toilets. This trail was interesting because the terrain changed often. There's an uprooted tree that is bit tight to get around leading to a landslide area that's a little sketchy as the path is very narrow. A patch of slippery muddy clay made for messy boots further on. It looked like WTA had been there recently as several blowdowns had been attacked with chainsaws, making our passage quite pleasant...thank you! Trilliums, salmonberry blossoms and bleeding hearts on the trail! Walk across a foot bridge to Beaver Lake and on a bit further, you'll come out on the Sauk River and the trail disappears. Roundtrip is about 3.5 miles out and back. This would be lovely in the fall, too. We like to take mini-adventures when we hike and today was no different. We drove across to the boat launch and took the forest road up a bit. We stopped on the side of the road. We walked out on a LEDGE with a view of the valley below-it was STUNNING but very dangerous because we think the soil under where we were standing was compromised.