We drove up to Olallie State Park to hike the Twin Falls Trail from the lower trailhead to where the trail joins the Iron Horse Trail and back again. This was 4 miles round trip with an overall elevation gain of about 1,000 ft. This trail runs parallel to I-90 and the freeway traffic can be heard for the majority of the hke.
Trail is in a beautiful forest.
The lower section of the trail is along the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River.
View of the lower Twin Falls from the bench overlook.
About 1 mile up the trail, there is a short spur trail to an overlook close to the lower falls
Twin Falls from the overlook
0.1 mile further up the trail a bridge crosses over the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River above the lower falls. View downstream from the bridge.
View up stream from the bridge
A little ways further up the trail is this overlook of the upper falls.
The trail then veers away from the river and goes uphill through the forest until it joins the Iron Horse Trail.
We saw fungus
and beautiful moss covered trees
This stump was covered in lichen and tiny pink fungi
more views of the forest along the hike
lots of ferns growing up this tree
blue sky as we returned to the beginning of the trail.
We drove up to Olallie State Park to hike the Twin Falls Trail from the lower trailhead to where the trail joins the Iron Horse Trail and back again. This was 4 miles round trip with an overall elevation gain of about 1,000 ft. This trail runs parallel to I-90 and the freeway traffic can be heard for the majority of the hke.
Trail is in a beautiful forest.
0.1 mile further up the trail a bridge crosses over the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River above the lower falls. View downstream from the bridge.
blue sky as we returned to the beginning of the trail.
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