The wildflowers and sprouting ferns are very pretty right now.

I hiked the creek trail from the feeder/connector trail at 44th street down to the southern end of the trail. This is a fantastic section for interval training, there are many challenging hills in both directions that are only 30-50 feet of gain and 2 hills of 120', you are almost always going up or down and frequently switching off between the two, repeat and repeat!

Being out here a lot, I've seen a lot, a few weeks ago there were 2 folks running a little motorized sluice, Gold Rush Tacoma perhaps. They were there on my first lap, but not in operation by my second.

Trail was in good condition, nice gem. Although it seemed to be high traffic with low quality parking available. Truck was damaged while my family and I were hiking.

From the Pioneer Way entrance, be sure to take the gravel road to your right after leaving the parking lot instead of going straight ahead toward the more “trail” looking path. Unless you want to wander around the hillside paths like myself and several others did. Once on the actual trail it was nice and maintained. Signage is missing the “you are here” designation on several signs but it’s pretty easy to figure it out. Not a bad hike for its location.

Went out for trail run starting at Swan Creek Park. Saw a few signs warning of break ins/don’t leave valuables in car so just be forewarned of that! The trail itself starts off as gravel and pretty wide but once you cross over the creek it becomes a dirt trail. Overall it’s pretty thin so just be cognizant if anyone coming from either direction as the trail is only really wide enough for a single person. The trail itself has a bit of rocks and roots peeking through so important to pay attention to footing! I’d recommend footwear with a bit of traction on the bottom like trail shoes or boots. Typical running shoes would probably lead to a bit of slipping especially if it rained recently. I definitely enjoyed the trail overall! It has its share of hills with some good grades (10-20% at times) which makes the run (or hike!) pretty exciting! Only complaint would be that the connector trails have maps where they come in which are helpful but the “You are Here” stickers have fallen off. You should still be able to associate where you are based on which trail head you’ve come to (first one you come to would be closest to your starting point and so on).