Goat Creek, Cathedral Falls — Thursday, Mar. 6, 2025

The road is open to the Goat Creek trailhead above Riffe Lake, but in its usual potholed state.  Someone has spread pieces of travel trailer up and down the road, sadly.  The trailhead parking is large with a trailer turnaround, the edges are steep.  The trail is a nice starting hiking trail as is flows gently up and down, crossing several streams and some tricky washed out areas.  The entire first part of the trail meanders along cliff edges, so you would want to be comfortable with drop offs. The waterfall is in great shape, with a cute ice mountain on the back side.  We went up the Vanson trail at the Vanson/Tumwater divide and that is when we ran into some snow and some big trees down across the trail.  We were able to get over/around them without too much trouble.  We turned back where the trail crosses the creeks and heads uphill. A nice day hike!