Twin Falls

This afternoon we hiked up to Twin Falls off of exit 34 on I-90 east of North Bend. After hiking through the snow to Franklin Falls less than 14 miles up the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River, it was amazing to see this area snow free today.
This is a 2.6 mile round trip hike with about 450 ft of over all elevation gain.

 The trail follows the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River.

 About 1/3 of a mile up the trail, a short spur trail leads to this beautiful pool.

Pano of the pool and the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River flowing out of the pool.

 At 0.8 miles from the trailhead, there are a couple of benches with a view of Twin Falls in the distance.

 As you get closer to the falls there are boardwalks along the trail.

 At the trail split, we first went to the left where a bridge overlooks the middle section of the falls,

 View from the bridge looking down river, where the main, lower section of the falls drops

We then returned back to the trail section to the overlook of the main part of Twin Falls, a 135 ft drop.

As we returned down the trail, I saw another spur which led to the river's edge.

 I was pleasantly surprised to see a view of Twin Falls from here.

A short scramble along the boulders along the river took us to a fabulous view of the falls from below.  It was amazing how much of the water was flowing under a rocky ledge that we could not see from the viewpoint higher up the trail.

 Wide angle view of Twin Falls and the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River















I enjoyed our walk along the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River today.