East Fork Foss - Necklace Valley — Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

Left the TH at 8:30 am. One other car at the parking lot. Broken window glass near the outhouse, but all windows intact when we returned. Passed a group of 3 overnighters returning to their car in the morning and 4 other parties heading in as we hiked out. 

The trail is completely snow free. There is some debris on the trail. Some stretches are a bit overgrown, but the route is pretty obvious. Numerous small creeks to rock hop across. A few trees require climbing over. One log crossing over a side creek requires balanced footing but you could sit and scoot if you wanted to.

We made it as far as the footbridge over the East Fork of the Foss River. That was our planned turnaround, but not sure I would have crossed the foot log today. The river is high due to snow melt. The hand railing is gone. The river has crested part of the log and a misstep would be unforgiving in the icy, fast moving water.

Pacer logged 12.2 miles round trip and 1,275 ft elevation gain with all the ups and downs. A very pretty trail which was thankfully mostly shaded on this very warm day. Lots of creeks to help you cool down and pretty places to take a break. I've never seen so many trillium! Some were almost knee high.