Once you turn right off 410 watch huge for car sized eating pot holes. We pulled into the trailhead parking lot at 11:20 and 5 cars were already parked there. The car thermometer said it was 81 degrees. The Forest Service toilet was fairly clean but out of TP. This was the perfect trail to be the heat as it is shaded most of the way. We passed 4 groups of two to five people on their return and 3 small groups of mountain bikers. So trail traffic was really light.
Lots of wildflowers are blooming - bunch berry, vanilla leaf, wild rose, queens cup, miners lettuce, lupine and. Wrens were flitting on the forest floor and we saw a Douglas chipmunk. The trail is dry and hard packed in most places. We enjoyed a leisurely lunch break at the base of Skookum Falls and we’re back at our vehicle just before 2:00. Two female elk crossed Hwy 410 in front of us about 8 miles NW of Greenwater on the drive home. Another fantastic day to be out in nature.
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