Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River Winter Hike

 Returned to the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River for a nice walk free from avalanche danger. We hiked up to the Dingleford Trail for a 12 mile rt hike with 200 ft of elevation gain.  There was less snow than we saw here a month ago.

 Mount Garfield

 This is a beautiful forest walk

 some of the shelf fungi was larger than my head

 Due to the recent heavy rain, there was lots of water on the trail

 There was also some snow, but no traction was needed.

 The small falls had lots more water in it

 and the stream was much fuller.

Lots of moss covered trees and rocks

 there were also many smaller streams

 These trees were growing atop huge boulders

 View from where Dingleford Creek joins the Middle Fork

 There was so much water. Hard to believe that last month we were able to walk along the side of the river on these rocks to take pictures.












Nice views through the forest as we returned down the trail.