Hiked this trail on Saturday June 11.
Parking: Plenty of parking in the lot. We arrived around 11:30 am and the lot was maybe 1/3 full. As far as I can tell parking never filled up. I brought cash to pay day-use fee, and was plesantly surprised to find they hav an electronic card reading pay station.
General conditions: Trail condition was good. We had a handful of people throughout the day, but overall the trail wasn't too busy. Several sections were pretty dense tall grass perhaps a bit overgrown. Everything was passable, but you will find yourself pushing through brush is several sections. The trail descriptions mentions at least one dense aspen grove. I counted a few more than just one.
Screenshot the trail description: As others have noted this trail is not exactly well marked. That said, I found the trail descriptions to be very informative. I would recommend taking screenshots to have as reference. It not a hard trail to follow, but it splits a handful of times and the trail description lets you know which split to take.
Stream crossings: The trail description notes that in springtime some of the streams can be too high to cross. Despite the Yakima river looking good n full, the stream crossings were very easy when we went.
Wildlife: We only got a glimpse of one snake crossing the trail. A group ahead of us mentioned seeing 5 snakes of which one was a rattler. Bring a stick should you need to push a snake off the trail. Otherwise, keep an eye out and you will be fine.
As a final note, the canyon is quite beautiful, and I would absolutely do this trail again. There's much hype for trails with lots of elevation gain. While this trail isn't a grueling climb with sweeping views, the beauty is in abundance throughout the canyon.
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