Middle Fork Snoqualmie River — Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024

We knew it was going to be wet today, but jeez! Since we were going to be in raingear and layered up, we wanted something a bit less straight up. And perhaps something that was rainforest-like. So we took our first trip onto the Middle Fork Trail. Bathrooms were open and stocked.

We did not wear rain pants. I felt it was enough that I wore pants, but my partner had cotton hiking pants and regretted not wearing something over them. I should've stuck with shorts. Anyway, it was chilly and raining the whole trip, at times quite hard.

The first 0.8 miles or so was a bit muddy, but not horrible. The water running down the trail kept our shoes clean. Most of the time our shoes, the trail, and water all shared the same space. We encountered no blockages at least. The continual rain and ground water eventually dampened my feet and soaked my partner's. We reached about 3.0 miles and decided not to try to cross the fast running creek. The trail was underwater on the other side anyway.

On the way back we heard two separate loud crashes, one just 100 feet behind us and another that sounded like a boulder into the river. The power of water.

Quiet day today. We actually saw more people with trees on their cars then we did on the trail.