Surprising amount of traffic on Wynoochee Rd, but only 3 cars at the gate that marks the end of the road until April 30.
If you ignore Google Maps, and leave Hwy 12 at Montesano rather than Brady, the entire road is paved, except for 6 miles of immaculate gravel road at the end.
Found the trail after crossing the bridge on foot, behind some campsites. Short and nice trail to the falls. Continued to a road intersection, where the continuing trail had been marked "do not use". We heeded the advice, and continued on the road until reaching the short trail down to the river ford. Checked out the ford (at the downstream end of the large gravel bar), but failed to reach a consensus on whether the ford was less than knee-deep and trivial, or waist-deep, so we headed back out the way we came...
Apart from the "do not use" trail, the only obstacles were several blowdowns on the first mile of the trail, incl two large ones (that look like they have been there for a while).
Flora: Lots of trillium, wood sorrel and bleedinghearts in bloom. Mossy forest, with quite a few giant hemlocks and Douglas Firs.
Didn't encounter anyone on the trail.
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