Little Mashel Falls

Drove to Eatonville to hike to Lower and Middle Mashel Falls from the Bud Blanchard Trailhead.  This was a 3.7 mile round trip hike with 500 ft of gain. Only saw three other people as I was returning on the Bud Blanchard Trail.  The first 1.4 miles is along the Bud Blanchard Trail, it is fairly flat and does pass closely to people's homes.

The Bud Blanchard Trail soon crosses a bridge over Mashel River. view upstream

view downstream of Mashel River

The trail also goes by Smallwood Pond.

Another bridge goes over Little Mashel River, view upstream.

view downstream of the Little Mashel River from the bridge.

After 1.4 miles along the Bud Blanchard Trail, turn left on the Little Mashel Fall Trail. This trail goes uphill. Enjoyed walking through the forest.

There were occasional patches of fall color along the way.

Markers on a tree showed the spur trail to Lower Little Mashel Falls.

View of  Lower Little Mashel Falls from the trail above.

View of  Lower Little Mashel Falls from the riverside.

Spur trail going up from the lower falls.

The spur trail down to the Middle Falls is a short distance uphill from the spur trail to the Lower Falls.

View of Middle Little Mashel Falls from the trail.

The force from the spray off of Middle Little Mashel Falls was so strong, I could not get a photo in focus from in front of the falls by the riverside.

View of Middle Little Mashel Falls from off to the side.