Spoon Creek Falls — Friday, Apr. 4, 2025

This was a fun little hike.  Not long, and fairly easy, but steep in parts. The gravel road FS 23 to the trail head is good for all vehicles, but has a lot of deep pot holes.  Other than that, getting to the trail head is easy.  I arrived around 10:00 a.m. and was the only vehicle parked. The trail is in fairly good condition and starts by traveling through old-growth forest. A short way in there is a view of the falls from the upper overlook (be careful, there is a split rail fence at the cliff, but I was temped walk around and try and get a better view. It's a big drop).  The trail continues to another overlook down to the West Fork Satsop River, which looks impressive from here. Continue on the trail to Spoon Creek and the falls, but to get a good view of the falls you will have to wade into the water, which I did to get the photos I wanted. This time of year, the falls and creek were full. As falls go, this one is really a pretty 90 foot waterfall, which drops into the steep gorge of Spoon Creek just above to confluence of the West Fork Satsop River.  

The wildflowers are beginning to bloom, I saw a few trilliums, and the shrubs were starting to bud. In the creek the American Dippers were active and there were several Varied Thrush active in the trees.  

Like I said, a fun little hike and kind of a hidden gem. I was the only person there and didn't see anyone else on the trail.  =efh=