With the parking lots for hikes at Mt Rainier seemingly all overflowing, we headed over Chinook Pass and found the Union Creek trailhead virtually empty.
Trail was in better shape then we expected, but there were some downed trees to get over and the detour around the big washout mentioned in the description. Both the lower and upper falls were pretty. We followed the trail for another 2 miles past the upper falls and the trail was easy to follow. Very spooky in that most of it was heavenly burned but an amazing number of trees were still standing. Just before our turnaround point the trail was starting to thin out, but was marked with flagging where it wasn't obvious.
Didn't see anyone else on a beautiful Sunday past the lower falls.
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