East Fork Foss - Necklace Valley — Saturday, Jun. 15, 2013

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

Awesome trail on a beautiful day. The tread on this trail is so easy to hike on. The trail is in great condition and the bridges and wood walk ways over the boggy areas are for the most part sturdy (although watch your step they do have some holes). There are some blowdowns that are not to difficult to straddle over or around. There is a lot to see on this trail. You are in the woods most of the time but never feel closed in. There are plenty of open areas where you catch glimpses of the surrounding mountainsides, you come close to the river a few times and you pass through some meadows with flowers blooming. I followed the trail as far as the bridge over Foss River where there was a very elaborate camp set up (someone knows how to camp) and had lunch alongside the river before returning. A good way to put some easy miles in. When I am a little faster and a little stronger later in the season I may try this again and push on to the lakes. There were two other groups that started about the same time I did this morning (10am ish) but I never caught up to the pair in front of me and the pair behind me didn't catch me until I was eating lunch so it was a very quiet, uncrowded hike. Passed a few groups heading up as I was heading back. Easy access as his trail is not far off of HWY 2, 4 miles of which the first is paved and the second is county maintained which only leaves 2 miles of dirt road with a few big potholes in it.