A nice stroll, but listen to the people complaining about the road! It's real bad folks. It took me around 30 minutes to drive the 3 miles from the highway to the trailhead in an Outback, and I honestly don't know if a lower clearance car could make it.

The hike itself was lovely. I arrived at the trailhead around 2:30pm, and there were 5 other cars present. The trail, even after you arrive in the wilderness area, is in largely good condition, with only a couple of trees to go over or under. There is one large tree that has steps cut in between the 2nd and 3rd falls that required some hands on my part to get over, but other than that, it's just walking. I turned around after the 3rd fall today, so I don't know how the swamp portion of the walk is looking (but probably muddy). I got back to car around 4:30pm, and there were only 2 other cars in the lot, one of whom caught up to me on the drive out. 

A beautiful day to do this trail. The road in is in horrible condition with potholes everywhere. I arrived early and was the only one in the lot. The first waterfall is beautiful but that’s really the main attraction on this trail because it literally goes nowhere. I hiked around 4.5 miles one way and then turned around. On the way back a lot more people were on the trail. 

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I found my first bleeding heart flowers of the season! Trillium, yellow violets, skunk cabbage flowers and salmon berry blossoms were also out. The trail was lovely on a drizzly day. Green moss and budding spring plants. A roaring river and crashing waterfalls. 

The trail is rocky, rooty, has large downed trees to crawl over, and a few streams running down the trail. It was a good test for my Gore-Tex boots with holes in the leather. They passed! My boots got soaked but my feet stayed dry.

No pass is required at the trailhead because there are no facilities. There is an outhouse at the camping area a few miles before you get to the trailhead. It is very well signed; you can’t miss it. 

Decided on Boulder River to jump start my summer hiking trips. I picked it because the trail was rated "easy" but as another person mentioned the posted mileage on this trail is vastly under-estimated!! If you do go all the way to the end of the trail it is not 8 miles but around 10.3 miles round-trip. In addition to the extra miles there are multiple stream crossings and multiple tree blow-downs to hurdle over. At first they are cute but quickly become irritating if you don't have waterproof shoes! So bottom line is if you choose to venture past the second waterfall be prepared for endless miles and multiple stream crossings!

This is definitely more than 8 miles if you continue on past the last waterfall. There’s a trunk bridge that’s passable but I would recommend no more than 1-2 at a time when crossing! We counted 20+ streams to cross and just about as many fallen trees to climb over or under to continue. Doable in sneakers but if you wanna show off like me definitely recommend waterproof boots for the streams and mud (there were atleast 2 areas where you could potentially get slowed down in the thick of it)