Name: Trestle Creek Falls
Start: 2023-02-19T00:00:00-08:00
End: 2023-02-19T23:59:59-08:00

Past Activity

Canceled: Trestle Creek Falls

Start date: 02/19/2023
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 02/19/2023
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is an uphill climb that we will do in a counter clockwise direction, returning by loop to our vehicles. It is low elevation but the trail may be wet in places. We will plan on having lunch at the upper falls. Returning, we have the option to visit the lower falls, an extra 0.6 miles added to our trip. I hope we can car pool, if everyone is comfortable.

Event Leader: Randy Sinnott
Event Leader Phone: 541-915-0234
Event Leader Email: randall.sinnott@gmail.com
Assistant Leader:
Event category: Trips
Area Type: Mountain
Departure Location: Amazon Park, 28th & Hilyard entrance parking lot
Rating: Moderate
Roundtrip total drive miles: 84
Season: 2023
Permits Required:
- NW Forest Pass
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required: lunch, hat, rain gear, good sturdy boots (may be a wet trail if it rains), forest pass or golden age pass if you have one
participant prerequisites:
Conditions:
Total Distance: 5
Member Fees: —
Elevation Gain: 1000
Non-Member Fees: 5
Committee: Trips
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

It was a wonderful day to be outside. Some snow still lay on the road shoulders as we neared the trailhead. The day had already begun warming and with the sun shining, we soon found ourselves shedding clothes. The trail was in excellent and dry condition and passing beneath Upper Trestle Creek was not a problem. On a freezing day, this might have been treacherous.
After lunch at the falls, we returned to the parking lot in a counterclockwise loop, making a quarter mile side trip up to the lower falls. We encountered no mountain bikes and the other hikers we met were almost exclusively found along the flat Brice Creek section of the trail. This is a great outing for days when the high Cascades are snowed in.