Taylor River - Otter Falls, Snoqualmie Lake — Thursday, Mar. 12, 1998

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area

Snow patches began appearing on the trail at 1400 feet (1.0 miles). Snowshoes were not required for travel to Otter Falls, but would be probably needed for travel beyond. I was originally planning to go to Marten Lake, but spotted some fresh cougar tracks at 2400 feet. I like Cougars in the Rose Bowl, but not on the trail. Snowshoes are required for travel to Marten Lake. Deterred by the cougar, I opted for my secondary objective, Otter Falls. Otter Creek at 4.0 miles is not running anywhere near as strongly as last year. All the water was draining through the culvert. The trail to Otter Falls is to the left about 500 feet beyond the creek. There was very little snow by the falls. There is less snow than there was at the end of April last year. http://www.geocities.com/~rangermike