The obstacles on the trail are downed trees and a couple washouts, but nothing very difficult. The worst is a washout between the upper falls and the upper falls parking area. If you plan to hike down from there, you may slide down on your butt a short distance. Otherwise, the RT distance from the lower to upper falls is about 5.5 miles, including a small detour around a closed section of trail and down to the middle falls. Not sure why WTA has this as 8.8 miles. All falls are spectacular right now, with an enormous amount of runoff coming through.

It was an amazing day. The trail to ourselves and sunny weather. We got a lot later start than we planned, but everything still worked out.

The roads up still had a lot of snow in areas, but passable. I had my Honda CRV. Snow only cleared down middle in areas too, making a one lane road, but due to lack of traffic, no issues here.

The trail was in decent condition. Some downed tree, most passable. Areas of snow, also passable, but could be a little slick. The worst spot was near the upper falls just before the bridge.

My oldest, 16yrs, my daughter, 6yrs, and our new puppy, Scout, a German Shepherd / Husky mix, at 3 ½ months old all did well.

I started at lower falls and hiked up to Taitnapum Falls. A few down trees and patches of snow - all passable with two lab sized dogs. Down trees got a little thicker between Upper Falls and Taitnapum Falls. Had the trail mostly to myself. 

If you don’t mind a LONG drive, this is a beautiful trail. It literally feels like someone rolled out the red carpet. Very smooth with gentle ups and downs. We started at the lower falls rec area and stopped for lunch at the upper falls. 
Last fall I hiked this trail through slushy puddles and got soaked inside and out. Today, the trees protected us from most of the rain and there were no puddles so feet stayed dry and warm. 
This trail is good if you love waterfalls, mushrooms and big trees. 

Required Passes: No parking permit required after Sept 15th. A Northwest Forest Pass is still required.

Lewis River is flowing heavily with all of the rain we have had.  All of the falls are roaring. The river is flowing so heavily, it seems to be right at or just above the banks in most areas.

I saw two people at the upper falls and two people at the lower falls.  I did not see a sole on the trail between the two.