Wallace Falls and Wallace Lake

Beautiful sunrise seen on the ferry ride from Kinston to Edmonds this morning. Mt Rainier and the Cascades in the distance to the east across Puget Sound.
Drove up to Wallace Falls State Park (near Gold Bar on Hwy 2) to hike up to the waterfalls, over to the Lake and back down another trail for a 9.25 mile loop hike with 1,500 ft of elevation gain.

 We hiked up the main trail, where there was soon a nice view of some peaks to the east. We then took the Woody Trail that follows the Wallace River and leads to the waterfalls.

 0.25 miles from the trail head is a short spur trail to view Small Falls.

 One of the areas where the trail is close to the Wallace River.


















Watching the fork of the Wallace River that comes down from Wallace Lake to join the main Wallace Falls on a bridge crossing the river.

 Lots of beautiful greenery along this trail.

 A view point overlooking the valley below and the Olympic Mtns far in the distance.

1.3 miles past Small Falls is the view to Lower Wallace Falls (25 ft drop) with Middle Wallace Falls in the distance.

 Another 0.3 miles takes you to the viewpoint of Middle Wallace Falls (81 ft drop)

Another 0.65 miles leads to view of Upper Wallace Falls (265 ft drop).

From here there is a short 0.1 mile trail through the woods leading up to the Upper Grade Trail. There are blue diamonds on the trees marking the way.

2.3 miles along the Upper Grade Trail leads to Wallace Lake. We found the snow to increase in depth as we got closer to the lake, but no post holing.

 Along this trail we had a nice view of the valley below and the Olympic Mtns far in the distance.

 We saw some fresh bobcat tracks in the snow.

 Wallace Lake, we found a nice picnic table to enjoy the view and our lunch.

 We returned via the Greg Ball and Woody Trail for 4.1 miles back to the trail head.