Lewis River Falls — Saturday, Jul. 9, 2011

Southwest Washington > Lewis River Region

This was a GREAT hike to end our 10 day hiking vacation! We were camped at the Lewis River CG which is one of the nicest forest service campgrounds in which we have stayed. We have hiked this trail many times and have never seen the falls as full and beautiful as they are now. This is a 7 mile RT hike with 500 ft elevation gain and a lot of ups and downs along the way. We ate lunch at the top of the Upper Falls. When we reached the upper falls on our return we met a kayaker and his wife who were discussing his route over the falls. We stayed to watch his "ride" over the falls. What a thrilling experience to view "live"! We learned after his ride that he was Bobby Miller and that he is featured on the cover of "Whitewater Magazine" this month. The trail is in excellent condition. Wild ginger, bunchberry, spring beauty, penstemon, and yellow monkey flower were some of the flowers seen. We started our hike from the CG at the Lower Falls Rereation area. There are trail heads along Road 90 for the Middle and Upper Falls if you don't want to do the entire main trail.