Beautiful views from the top, and utter solitude. Can't believe I was the only one to want to hike on our last beautiful weekend day of the year.

I took the Trailhead Direct bus to the Teneriffe lot, then walked the 2 km or so up to the CCC trailhead. The hike up the CCC Road, across the CCC Plateau, was mostly flat and easy, though the surface is gravel, which is not the nicest hiking surface. Nice woods and occasional partial views, though.

Once you start to climb on the Green Mountain trail, peekaboo views appear pretty quickly. The trail is fairly brushy to about the first switchback, but then opens up to more roadlike conditions again. The trail is fairly dry right now, which I gather is not the case earlier in the year. The only running water was a trickling falls at the Bustle Creek crossing. Bugs were not too bad, but it's surprising they were out at all considering how cold the night got.

The views from Last Promontory and Absolute Last Promontory are the point of this trip. Despite the peekaboo views earlier I was not prepared for how stunning they were. Between the two viewpoints the whole Middle Fork valley is laid out beneath you, and all the peaks on both sides. If you're a fan of hikes with big payoffs at the end, this is a trail for you.

I guess it's possible to continue on up the scree to the top, but it didn't look fun. There's a side trail that I guess takes you to an easier talus slope, but I didn't go all the way up that trail because it looked like it was just going to be up the Bustle Creek valley and would not have any views for a while.

From the CCC trailhead, across the Plateau, up Green Mountain and back down and to the trailhead, I saw 0 people. Not one. Hard to find solitude in our mountains any more, and all the more surprising since you can take the bus to this trail.

The trail is short on views, but it's good if you want some solitude. There were three cars when we pulled up on this beautiful summer Saturday morning, and we never saw any of the other people. There are number of creek crossings, but none are difficult or wide, though the rocks are pretty slippery.  We saw fresh bear scat, full of berries, but we didn't see any bears. Brush is encroaching on the trail, and some of that brush is nettles, so long pants would be a good idea.

Snakes! We saw many, approx 7, garter snakes along the trail.  Not venomous, but still squirmy!  Gorgeous forest trail with nice little creek crossings.  The "waterfall" at the end was more of a small creek low on water.  It was a little overgrown but easy to follow. Very nice views of surrounding mountains and gorgeous flowers/berries all around.  I would suggest this trail if you're looking for a nice easy trail in the forest.  

Left the trailhead at 10:00 ,its about a mile to the ccc trail from the gate. Headed West crossing several creeks with a few views of the valley. Lots of berries to eat. At 4 miles I ran into another road that heads back to Northbend so I turned around there. Headed back stopping for lunch at a large creek. Returned to the road about 2:30 and headed up the road to find the entry to the CCC trail that heads East. Its only a couple 100 yards further. Returned to the car about 3:30 . There were several cars at the trailhead when I left but did not see anyone on the  trail. Nice quite hike , going to head to the top of the road next time. The map I have says there is some falls at the top, we will see .