Boulder River Falls

I have found my new favorite easy going hike. I have been here three times this May. Each time I have taken someone different. I love to show people the beauty of our state and this is a trail that young and old alike can hike. There are 4 waterfalls on this trail. If you hike the full length of the trail it would be nine miles round trip. If you want to make it easy for little ones you can hike to the first set of falls which is about 1.5 miles in so 3 miles round trip. The first hike up here I did with my 17 year old son. There were so many blow downs and the trees are old growth forest and boy were they ever big. Some of the blow downs we had to do some tricky hiking to get around. The trail was really muddy that day too. We decided to hike the whole length and boy were we pooped from climbing over and around all those blow downs that day. The next time I took my husband so he could trail run and a friend of his. Lucky us the Washington trail association crew had been out cutting down all the blown down trees away from the trail. My goodness what a difference it made with no climbing to do. We went to the end of the trail which ends at the boulder river with what looked like several camp sites next to the river. We were able to view all four of the waterfalls and enjoy the river once we got to the end of the trail. This trail used to be an access to Three Fingers but is now to primitive to use.

On my last visit in May to Boulder river I took my good friend Kristin and her two young daughters. I was so impressed with her little four year old. She trouped along the whole way with out any complaints. It was fun seeing the trail again through the eyes of the young ones. We took lots of pictures and went down a side trail to the first set of waterfalls. The girls had a great time throwing rocks and eating our snacks there. The weather held out for us too. I highly recommend this trail to anyone. Its very beautiful. I think I have a few more people in mind that would love to see this.