Garfield Ledges — Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019

Great new trail with a great view. Left the parking lot at 9 arrived at the top at 9:30 and back to the truck at 10. Lots of rain but the trail was holding up good except for one section in the middle that was getting muddy with the water running down the center. a couple of water diversions would do the trick. The section was only about a 100 feet long or so and a little steep. Great big staircase towards the top and lots of rock walls on the way up to check out.This will be a great running trail I think if you don't want a long distance. The trailhead is after the bridge at the end of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie river road. They fixed the road going to the Lake Snoqualmie Trailhead Too ! Shaving a 1/2 mile off that hike returning it to the way it was a couple years ago. Hopefully it last this time. They put in a descent ditch and gave the water a good route so I can see that the water could be too high to cross at times but it should hold up. There was a descent amount of water crossing the Dingford Creek trailhead road so I turned around not wanting to see it higher on may way back. Great day to play in the rain and very happy with the work they have been doing out there! It would be great if they opened the gate to the hot springs and let us drive all the way to the old Dutch Miller Gap trailhead like when I was a kid. I think its a private road now I heard somewhere. The Trailhead is still there and in fair shape , at least it was last year. Maybe some day. I did not think they were going to fix the road to the Lake Snoqualmie Trailhead either but I"m sure they are going to need the parking.