Great day for a hike. Day use fee was $5 but worth it. The falls were great but the better pictures were later in the day when the they were in full sun. Campground was pretty full but the trail was less crowded than I expected. Hiked from Lower Falls up to Taitnapum Falls. Took the loop to Copper Creek Falls on the way back which was pleasantly surprising. There was a bridge out between Lower and Middle Falls but it was a small creek and there was an easy crossing near the bridge.

Down to pick up my son. I hiked from Lower to Upper Falls and back in about 2 hours. What a great trail and what amazing falls. Very low key, sharing the trail with a few mountain bikes and a few hikers with dogs. A few tiny patches of mud. The whole area is very beautiful even with the past logging. No mosquitoes.

We cleared the road from logs to complete a circuit. The road had sunk in spots, and it was actually closed on our way back. If you have a 4wheel drive and a daring spirit, you can probably still complete the circuit to lower falls. There were other people who brought their bikes. We were the first backpackers on the trail for the season as far as we could tell. There was a lot of blow down. The Bolt Camp Shelter was pretty well done in. It looks like some flooding brought in a huge tree which displaced it. The bridge was out in spots, but we managed to find ways to get across in all instances. Always be looking uphill for alternate paths. There wasn't any snow on the trail - but there was plenty of Elk dung. We got pretty sick of stepping over and through elk dung. The water is very high and silty. Bring your scrub brush for your water filters, as you may need it. Plenty of fun to be had in this section of the wilderness.

Very hot day. Went for a hike with my 2 year old son from Quartz Creek pass Tatnapim Falls to Upper Falls and back. Considering it was a beautiful day and cool in the morning there was only one other person using the trail a mountain biker. Trail was well clear and it had worn water bars cleared and evidence of trees cut out. The forest road 90 is clear although it is slumping a lot and you can see the tree damage around Big Creek falls as you drive by. This last windstorm was devastating to some of the big old trees. Anyways, the falls were beautiful a little slice of heaven on a hot day.

My brother said the route would be a first class river walk. It is that! You can either pick it up out of the campground at Lower Falls or from the Curley Falls trailhead. Doesn't matter as once you get going you are going to be something on the order of an ant working your way through the lawn in your backyard. Old growth trees the magnitude of which are hard to come by! Vine maples that are a lot more like towering oaks. Some places the moss is so thick hanging from everything you are sure you're on the Hoh River Trail in the Olympics! Most of the time the river is right along side. If you do leave it, you will come back to it in fairly short order. The blow downs have been cut through. The few you will find that haven't are certainly navigable. The route is open to mountain bikes, but not so overtly rutted that it's ruined. Muddy in a couple spots, steep a couple more, down to a rocky gravel trek here and there. We made excellent time as this isn't a total up hill burner. Bolt camp, 2 1/2 miles from Curly parking lot comes up rather soon. There are spots where others have side cut down to gravel bars by the river. We took advantage of a couple of those. Once out on the bar, you're really looking at boulder bars! Massive amounts of sediment from a fabulous river. A couple deer wondered down to rivers edge. Songbirds and woodpeckers joined in. You can make this as long a walk as you want to enjoy. Deep within the trees, it works to stay out of the direct sun or probably aids in staying out of a rain soaker down pour. We went in by ourselves and only encountered 2 different mountain bikers on the way out. Talk about your independence indeed!