This is a fantastic trail. The elevation gain is very moderate, the trail was in great condition and easy to walk on (mostly soft forest floor), and the river was absolutely beautiful. The water was crystal clear, exposing the endlessly varying shape over the river bed. Numerous creeks fed into it, some cascading down pretty waterfalls. Dappled light and moss everywhere really make this a magical hike. Oh yeah, and the waterfalls were very pretty too!

We encountered only a handful of other hikers, probably due to the fact that we hiked on a weekday, as well as the hike's great distance from I-5. It took us about 1.5 - 2 hours, but it was a beautiful drive and we didn't mind it.

The one thing to look out for is the last 12-15 miles of road, after the Eagle Cliff Store. There are lots of fallen trees that partially cover the road. Some obscure an entire lane. They're light in color, and if you weren't paying close attention, it would be easy to hit one, so give yourself extra time through here. There was also an unpaved section with potholes and a few places where lightly scraped the bottom of our car (a Toyota Camry). This was only a couple miles, and then it's back onto a nice paved road.

There were people on the trail. We called ahead to make sure we would be able to get there and they assured us the roads were open, we made it in a Chevy Cruze just fine.

We did the portion of the trail starting from the lower falls camp ground to the upper falls viewing area (about 6 mi total with the reroute for the washout). Trail is partly rerouted between lower and middle falls, some bikers went the washed out way and took as long as we did going the long way, they said it was probably good we went around (had a 4 month golden retriever with us) and said they wished they had gone around as well. We stopped at middle falls for lunch. Some snow on trail between middle and lower falls, nothing to bad. 

A few trees down meant lifting pup over them and some difficult sections. Was overall not to bad and was a wonderful rainy hike. It was chilly but we planed for it. Beauitiful fall hike with the snow melt the falls were really going. 

There were people on the trail. We called ahead to make sure we would be able to get there and they assured us the roads were open, we made it in a Chevy Cruze just fine.

We did the portion of the trail starting from the lower falls camp ground to the upper falls viewing area (about 6 mi total with the reroute for the washout). Trail is partly rerouted between lower and middle falls, some bikers went the washed out way and took as long as we did going the long way, they said it was probably good we went around (had a 4 month golden retriever with us) and said they wished they had gone around as well. We stopped at middle falls for lunch. Some snow on trail between middle and lower falls, nothing to bad. 

A few trees down meant lifting pup over them and some difficult sections. Was overall not to bad and was a wonderful rainy hike. It was chilly but we planed for it. Beauitiful fall hike with the snow melt the falls were really going. 

Hello, Me and Goforth set out on an overnighter. We started about Crab creek and headed up stream. We sat at lower falls and i pictured the indians there harvesting salmon before the dams, before the current times, when they would ride down from indian heaven through chicken creek and come harvest the salmon and take back to dry and make pemican and other. We also stopped along the way at the bountiful falls all of them. We stopped for the night near platinum creek and pitched our outstanding array of boutique hammock gear and enjoyed the company or Mr. Bojangles the friendly mouse. Enjoy the video[s] and pics.