parked at lower falls and hiked up to middle falls then continued to upper falls. it was a good hike, trail is in great condition and it was a beautiful day, mid - high seventies. the further up we hiked, the less people we saw.
since we lost signal before we realized, I didn't read the hike description so we turned around at upper falls and headed back. but we did see a steep trail heading up, continuing the Lewis river trail.
the next day, we took our friend who hates hiking to the upper parking lot TH and we found the viewpoint from the top of the upper falls and it was spectacular. the area at the bottom of the falls was peaceful and majestic. the view of the same falls from the top was thunderous and exciting.
we also went back to middle falls and jumped in this time, swimming across and getting an new amazing perspective of the middle falls but you need to be a strong swimmer, the current is no joke.
if I did it again, I'd start at upper falls and hike down to lower and back, stopping at middle for a swim.
you do need the printed pass AND a northwest forest pass or one of the other interagency ones to park here. if you don't have a NW Forest pass, it's $5 day use fee AND the parking permit.
also, if you plan to do ape caves while out there, you need reservations, we learned too late
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