Lewis River Falls — Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024

The trail was great! Some repair and narrow washouts, and some steep spots, but passable! Forest Road 90 heading east (from Cougar) has a lot of pavement-to-gravel transitions that start and end with a big bump, like a half-curb. If you have a sedan, it is tough and slow-going. We bottomed out on one. Pretty rough. Then just a few miles before the entrance to the trailhead, there is a series of up and down gravel hills that were extremely steep and challenging to navigate. Again, passable in a car without 4wd or high clearance, but very challenging (and the 3 other experienced adults with me agreed). These gravel hills require enough speed to get up but are so rough that you can't go too fast and the view of oncoming traffic is super limited. This is so significant that I was honestly surprised it wasn't really mentioned much in trip reports!