Coal Creek Falls — Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012

Issaquah Alps > Cougar Mountain

We decided to take advantge of the "break" between weather systems and head to Coal Creek Falls for a quick hike. The forcasted partly cloudy skies remained mostly cloudy all afternoon and even squeezed out a couple of surprise hail showers for us just to make things more exciting while we were hiking. Our route yesterday included the Cave Hole Trail to the Coal Creek Falls cutoff and a return to the Red Town Trailhead along the same route for a 2.5 mile hike. The trails were in fine shape on this date and the falls were flowing nicely. There were no blowdowns or obstacles to speak of on any of the trails we hiked yesterday. There were many other parties out taking advantage of the "break" in the weather as well. After returning to the Red Town Trailhead, we ventured across Lakemont Boulevard for a .6 mile roundtrip hike to North Creek Falls along the Coal Creek Trail. There are no problems to speak of on this mainly downhill part of the trail. As you hike along the trail, near the large cave on your right the trail splits and you can either go straight or take a bridge across Coal Creek to your left. Either way will take you to North Creek Falls and the two trails merge into one just before arriving at the falls near another large bridge. All in all, it was a great family outing with two nice waterfalls to check out.