East Fork Foss - Necklace Valley — Saturday, Jun. 22, 2002

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

My daughter was dying to go on a backpack. This was not my first choice but Dorothy and Snoqualamie Lakes were reported to be snowed over. The trail is in excellent shape to the river crossing. There are nine blow-downs, several of which are trivial, and all of which are easily passible with full packs. We discovered that there are no camping sites at the river crossing so backtracked about one quarter mile to a very nice spot by the river. There was one other backpacker there by then, who later was kind enough to share his stove after ours malfunctioned (despite being tested at home before the trip). We were not intending to cross the East Fork of the Foss River, but it is important to note that the log bridge is broken about eight feet from the end of the bridge. There is a small log thrown across but I wouldn't want to try it, especially in the afternoon when there is a higher water level in the river. However at least two backpackers coming back from Necklace Valley had made it over and had not mentioned any problems with the bridge.