We did the whole loop around Oxbow Lake to collect water for an Adventure Scientists project. Previously, we'd taken the short side of the loop down to the river.

This is a great trail. The tread is perfectly maintained and the views of the lake and trees are great. There are some stupendously large Sitka Spruce down by the water that almost make you want to bushwhack down to them.

The river is much higher than our previous visit to collect samples. Several days of heavy rains really clouded the water. We got our water samples and finished the loop.

Highly recommend this trail for families.

Welcome to volume 1 of my new series of trip reports for hikes that my wife and I have successfully completed with a barely-three-year-old (no free rides unless he's injured) and an 8-month-old (carried.)

This is a really easily accessible walk that we enjoyed.  Also took my older parents along and this really was perfect for us.  Nice views of the river right off the bat and a nice meandering and flat path around make for a leisurely stroll - we took about 90 minutes to walk around, and that was moving reeeeeally slow (the three y.o. likes to stop and inspect every tree stump.

Great walk for young kids!

What a beautiful surprise of a hike! I was looking for something on the short side without much elevation gain, and hopefully pretty, but was really thrilled with the fall colors, reflections in Oxbow Lake and supreme viewso the surrounding peaks. Perfect quiet afternoon in the woods on a week day. 

We had a lovely walk with two family groups today (5 kids under 12, 2 dogs, and 4 adults), who are living with each other during a trans-continental relocation. We were thrilled to introduce our friends to the beauty of the PNW and wanted to start them off easy - so Oxbow Loop was perfect! 

The roads in were great and there were spots in the parking lot. I always suggest parking in the second Oxbow Loop parking lot, as the walk to the main trailhead is very pretty and offers a beautiful view of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River. 

The big leaf maples have dropped a lot of their leaves, but the downed leaves were pretty yellows, turning brown. There was some fungus growing on decomposing logs, which is always fun for kids to examine. 

No problems on the trail. There is one log to step over, but it is low and most people should be able to manage. All in all, we had a great walk and are so happy our friends have joined us here in Snoqualmie! 

I revisited a favorite hike in order to see if I could do it without a crutch, on my fused right foot.  Just in case, I carried a crutch with me so that I could get back to the trailhead if the foot was too painful to walk on without a crutch.  As it turned out, the foot was very unhappy but I carried the crutch rather than using it.  It was a perfect pandemic hike:  I saw no hikers at all and no cars were parked at the upper or lower lots for the Oxbow Loop.  A link to my photos is below.  I would've taken more photos but the mosquitoes were fierce and ever present.  It was great to be back on this trail for its two scenic miles.