Chewuch River Trail — Monday, Jul. 7, 2014

Ron and Shannon, the CG hosts at Chewuch CG, invited us to hike with them to Chewuch Falls which was about 3 miles from the TH with an elevation gain of 500 feet plus several "ups and downs"!. The Thirty Mile TH is at the end of FR 51. The 30 Mile fire of 7-10-01 has left the area very open with very little shade, but the vegetation is returning. Wildflowers add color to the backened area. Fireweed, tiger lilies, agoseris, scarlet gilia, columbine, asters and penstemon were some of the flowers blooming. There are elderberry bushes, twin berry, currant and many huckleberry plants with "soon to ripen" berries. Most of the trail is above the river with no easy access to reach the river. However, we walked beyond the falls about 1/4 of a mile and found a way to get close to the river for lunch. The falls was very pretty and despite the heat, we had a fun hike with our "new found" friends! :)!