Arrived at the trailhead about 1:00 pm - give or take 15 minutes. Parked at the Oxbow Loop Trailhead as there’s not really any real parking for the Blowout Creek Trail. (To be noted: the walk along the side of the road to get from the Oxbow Loop to the Blowout Trail was scary at moments - you literally walk along the edge of the road with cars whizzing past at 30 mph.) Only one car at the actual trailhead - parked by the gate. Didn’t see anyone else on the actual trail, but saw some bikers coming back. The hike is partially gravel path/partially dirt path. My dog hates the gravel, so that was slow going there and back, but he enjoyed the actual trail as did I! Slightly overgrown, some spiderwebs, and one tree to climb over or under depending on how tall you are. The creek at the end is pretty, and not running very fast so you can explore a lot. Back to my car a bit before four and then headed home.

*Note: I am going to go into some serious detail with this report, so if you just want the highlights look to the summary at the bottom.

I arrived at about 9:30 on a Thursday morning to a few other cars parked at the Oxbow Loop Trail, which is the closest "official" parking place to this trail. I made the quick jaunt along the main road to the closed forest road that begins the trail.  This section was wide and easy to navigate, if a little lacking in scenery and a bit of a workout.  I arrived at the CCC Trailhead and was a bit concerned that it immediately crossed a creek, but had read previous trip reports that said this was the case.  The rocks were pretty slippery, but there was a flat-ish log you could cross instead.  The trail very soon becomes quite narrow (not sure why the WTA description says wide track...) and is entirely overgrown.  Long pants and sleeves are a must if you want to leave with all your skin intact.  About 1/4 mile in, there is a downed tree that is rather difficult to climb over, at least for someone as short as me.  Clearly a pretty recent break.  There are numerous more creek crossings before you reach the waterfall, which was basically just another creek trickle this time of year.  I honestly was not sure I had reached the falls because my step counter said I had only gone 2.5 miles in, but I continued on the trail past the falls and it got narrower, more overgrown, and eventually came to a place where it was completely washed out.  I turned around here, disappointed in the lack of scenery (you couldn't really see the valley either because of the overgrowth), and rather quickly booted it out of there because I had seen multiple signs of bear (scat, tracks in the mud) and was hiking alone.  I continued up the closed forest road about another 2/3 mile because I was so disappointed and confused by the hike I had just taken, but you soon come to an area with clear landslide damage that DNR or NFS appears to be working on (heavy equipment present, but no workers).  The road was both pretty steep and pretty washed out, so I turned around and hiked out.  I don't usually hike alone, and let me tell you, this was not the hike to do it!  I was so hyper-aware on the tiny, narrow trail with bear scat that I hardly enjoyed myself.  I would not hike here again.

Summary: Distance seems to be off - I only hiked 5 miles in and out.  Trail is narrow and overgrown with a downed tree that creates a difficult obstacle.  Falls are pretty dry this time of year, and no good views because of the overgrowth.  Definitely bears in the area, don't hike it alone.

On GoogleMaps, the first mile is Bessemer Road, a gentle uphill to NF9010-1, which is the left and the flat railroad grade CCC trail, with creeks still crossing regularly, greenery offering high fives for much of the CCC, so long sleeves and long pants are nice, with light bugs, ripe berries, but the creek destination for the 7.5 RT is pretty dry, so don't get your hopes up for that. A good easy hike with only ONE other party that we saw.

Hiked on a Monday, got to the trailhead about 8am. Didn't see anyone else on the trail. Trail is quite overgrown in places. Stream crossings are numerous but manageable with some rock hopping. "Falls" were smaller than expected but lovely; we didn't realize we had reached the end and continued on for another 0.5 miles before reaching a service road. As others have mentioned, salmon berries were numerous!

We wanted to see the frogs again so we waited for another sunny day and headed back to CCC Road: Blowout Creek Trail. The short parking area had one car when we arrived at 1 pm  on Friday. On July 4th, that little pullout was full, as were the 2 new parking areas nearby.

The road walk is where you'll see mountain views as you get higher. Once you hit blowout creek, you're done with the uphill. The log over the creek has been flattened out more since we were here last summer. 

It took a couple of creek crossings to see frogs. The first one we saw was tiny, adorable. Then we saw many more of varying sizes. The bugs came and went as did the areas of the trail that were overgrown. 

4.4 miles in total. Back down to the car by 3:30. One other car in the pullout. We saw no other hikers the whole time but we DID see: Frogs, tad poles, Pacific jumping mice, snakes, slugs, snails and many bees, flies and mosquitoes.