This trail meanders gently up and down along the Baker River and features majestic old growth cedars and vast carpets of moss. In some spots the trail hugs the river, and in the sun, you can look down on a couple of deep aqua pools in the inner channel. The new well-constructed log bridge over the Lake Creek bed is quite welcome, but soon after that, the trail is almost washed out by the collapsing river bank. It's risky to try to maneuver through this section as the soil is cracked and could collapse, and the drop-off to the river here is sheer.
Soon after the National Park border (indicated with a post alongside the trail), the trail is completely obliterated by dozens of downed trees (and marked with a few pink ribbons). I bush-whacked the last half-mile to trail's end at Sulphide Creek but never found the trail again. I hadn't been on this trail in four years, and Sulphide Creek looks like it also has overrun its banks and deposited many trees and rocks far from the current course of the creek. I couldn't find Sulphide Camp--it might also be washed out.
There were 7 or 8 cars at the trailhead in the morning, but I only saw two parties on the trail. I think many hikers head across the bridge over Baker River and head south on the East Bank trail.
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