Nansi M.
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Came mid June and the falls were quite powerful. I couldn't find much info on this hike other than mileage. We started early in the morning highs were suppose to be 72. After going through the tunnel, the trail is shaded and some gentle inclines. The further in you go, the less and less you have shade. Could definitely feel bears near us, but never saw any but we were on high alert. After about 45 minutes in the trail is pretty much full exposure on rock( but no scrambling) very little in the way of which way you are suppose to go. I highly underestimated how much water I was going to drink. The inclined were not horrible but they definitely got your attention. We arrived at the waterfall in about 1.5 hours. By now I'm dripping in sweat and the sun is burning a hole into my soul. Construction crew was there putting up a rain king so my plan to cool myself down under a welcoming waterfall was foiled. I had to settle for a towel tied to my hiking pole to put under the falls then on to my head to cool down. I was definitely feeling heat exhaustion. That was the longest hike back ! I ran out of water shortly after turning around so it was a long hike back to the car. I thought that this hike would have been closer to the water but I was way wrong. Surrounded by water but nothing was attainable- which was torture. After a month later it's still referred to the hike that almost killed me. What I thought was going to be a pleasant easy hike along the water was anything but. Definitely not worth the effort of the falls are not flowing.
When we got back to the car we realized it was 97degrees out. Now I understand why I went through my water so fast.
Parking area is small but we got there early enough and had no issues. Road getting there is interesting and somehow we came back to the main road differently.
