Drove on a smooth paved road all the way to the trailhead. Parking perpendicular to the road and trailhead, there is space for 6 cars. However, there is a pullout a couple hundred meters away where more can park.
Really enjoyed the trail. A single track covered with soft pine needles and pine cones with few rocky portions, I loved hiking and running on it. The only thing I would have done differently on my next visit would have been my attire. Miles 1-2 and 4 until our turnaround at the campground at 5 and a half miles were rather clean. But we had to make our way through salmonberry and other overgrown shrubbery approximately every two hundred meters between miles 2 and 4. I should have worn a long sleeve shirt and pants as there were no ripe berries to reward us for our discomfort. Bring your first aid kit! Tried to do more trail maintenance on our return but there is only so much a middle aged man waving hiking poles can accomplish.
Saw only squirrels and robins but heard multiple grouse trying to get a partner. Never got too close to the river but crossed multiple streams and heard water throughout our hike.
Hope yours goes just as well. Happy trails!
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