This was one of the slightly more boring hikes that I've done from my "60 hikes in 60 miles book" :). It's pretty enough in parts as you hike along the banks of the White River but trees often obscure the view and you only get glimpses of the river from time to time.
While driving to the trailhead I had to park at a gate that read "Mud Mountain test site" and go in there. It eventually joins the Rim trail where you turn left and keep going. The path is pretty straightforward and no real major diversions - around 2 miles. Eventually there's another diversion towards the River trail which is a lot of gravel road (which is open only till Scatter Creek - so make sure you mark this on Google Maps or whatever map you use, so you don't walk beyond that - as there's no sign when you actually get to Scatter Creek.
It opens up into this huge lake bed with these big steel columns joined together with chains to apparently keep lake debris from coming out. The lake bed is the "river trail" where it eventually narrows back into a single trail and goes on for a while until it ends at a little spot on the right with a few rocks and a little stream where you can rest and have a bite.
The way back is the same although I think I got lost and ended up on the gravel service road somewhere near the entrance and someone honked at me coming out :| - even though it was quite obvious I was just a lost hiker going out towards the car. Oh well - I guess I might have been accidentally trespassing.
Anyway, it's a hike to tick off the book - but not one of the more memorable ones :)
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