Taylor River - Otter Falls — Wednesday, Jul. 4, 2007

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area

If you're on your way to one of the trailheads out of Lower Falls campground, you might stop at this for a look. THE TRAIL IS CLOSED. Something hit this one hard! Blowdowns are everywhere. It's an interesting side light if you've got the kids and want them to see what a destructive force can be like. You won't have to be on the trail long. Sawed through blow downs are everywhere. And, as the luck of the draw once these trees start laying over would have it, one of the giants came down right on the falls viewing platform. It's -should I say - they (?) BOTH - tree and platform no longer exists! If you do try to pursue the trail it will terminate quickly in a mass blow down, that, if you must, could get around, but with so much better maintained routes to pick, you're better off not choosing this one!