Actually not in Washington, but near Sublimity, Oregon. I've done this hike many times, but have never seen the immense flow of water as I did today. These falls dry out to a mere trickle in late summer, so go NOW if you can!!
I did the Trail of Ten Falls, a 9-mile loop, starting at the South Falls area and hiking clockwise. (IMO, this is the best way to do it. The South Falls area gets extremely busy in the afternoon, so I like to start here in the morning and get it out of the way while it is relatively peaceful.) Doing it this way, you will hike downstream down the South Fork Silver Creek, then hike upstream on the North Fork, then back to the South Falls area on the Rim Trail, making the route roughly a triangle. As the name implies, you will pass ten beautiful falls (and behind two of them, with two more falls having optional trails behind them), any ONE of which would be a national park in in just about any other state.
Trails are in good condition, and did I mention, the flow is HUGE right now! So go. You'll be glad you did.
Had lunch at the lovely little South Falls Lodge. You will enjoy that too, trust me.
9 miles RT, with an upsy-downsy gain of 500 feet or so.
Comments