Middle Fork Snoqualmie River — Saturday, Jun. 25, 2011

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area

We started at the Middle Fork Trail-head and were happy to see the blowdowns in the first few miles have been removed. Thanks! There is mud in many places, creeks to cross, overgrown salmon berry bushes, some erosion along the river right next to the trail that made me nervous and the Cripple Creek bridge has a tree on it. It is a fairly level hike and very pretty. After enjoying the view from the Cripple Creek bridge and a snack we headed up the unmarked path, if you can call it that, toward Tin Cup Joe Falls. It is rugged, steep and hard to follow. We made it around many down trees but were stopped at a spot right along the raging creek where many huge trees have fallen and created a giant pile of logs that didn't seem safe to climb over,though it looks like some people have. There didn't seem to be any way around it either. So we sadly turned around. I'd love to see a good trail up to those falls!