Palouse Falls — Saturday, Mar. 12, 2016

Eastern Washington > Palouse and Blue Mountains

We picked a rainy but nice cool day to hike down to Castle Rock, which overlooks the waterfall. I was a little unsure if this trail would be open, due to the state parks website stating that certain trails were closed. Well I am HAPPY to report that we saw NO trail closures!! In fact, one can hike all the way down to the bottom of the falls if they are sure footed. We hiked the trail leading down to the RR tracks, then across the scree slope down to the Palouse River. Then we winded along the trail below the cliffs out to the prominent sentinel known as Castle Rock. The trail leading down was to the RR tracks was a little slippery, as was the lower trail along the river, mostly due to the fact that it was raining! Saw a few goats on the hillside but no marmots today. I bet the flowers will be popping up soon too. Great little hike this time of year. I've hiked this area about a half dozen times and this is the first time I've seen the Palouse hills in the waterfall! (muddy..)