Beautiful day and wonderful hike! Hiked to Big Creek Falls, stopping by Otter Falls along the way. Total 10.7 miles. Trail was in great shape - mostly dry. There were a handful of creek crossings, but many were not much more than a trickle. A coupld of the creek crossings requied rock hopping, with the crossing near the cut-off to Otter Falls being the most challenging - although, even that one wasn't too much to worry about. The turn off the main trail to visit Otter Falls was clearly marked and that short trail was in fantasitc shape - kudoes to the crews that fixed that up. The old bridge that crosses the creek at Big Creek Falls also has a large concrete curb, which made for a wonderful spot to sit and eat lunch while enjoying the sights and sounds of the falls. All in all in great hike. I'll go back to this one someday.
The road getting to the trailhead was a bit rough was the paved road ends. I understand why the WTA write up suggests high-clearance vehicles. My Forester had no issues. I did see a few sedans near the trailhead when I left in the afternoon, so it's passable with lower clearance cars, but I'm sure they bottomed out on many of the potholes in the road.
I got to the trailhead at 8:30 a.m. and had no issues finding a parking spot. I left around 1:30 p.m. and there where a few parking spots open, with a line of vehicles parked down the roadway a bit.
The trailhead restroom was clean and fully stocked with TP in the morning and still pretty clean and mostly stocked when I returned in the afternoon.
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