Franklin Falls and the Denny Creek Water Slide

We drove to the Franklin Falls Trailhead off of FS 58 to hike up to Franklin Falls (2 miles round trip) and then to the Denny Creek Water Slide (3.25 miles round trip) for 5.25 miles and 750 ft of overall gain.
The trail to Franklin Falls follows the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River.

Little Red Cabin across the river

Icicles on the rocks

Frozen branch

Franklin Falls

Closer view of Franklin Falls

View down the river from the falls with some fall color.

From the Franklin Falls trailhead the road to the Denny Creek Trailhead is closed. We walked along the closed road to the trailhead crossing a bridge over the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River, view upstream from the bridge,

view downstream from the bridge

The snow along the Denny Creek Trail was a little deeper, but we found tracks in the snow that were easy to follow. There were some nice yellow leaves on the vine maples.

The trail enters the Alpine Lake Wilderness

Views of the Denny Creek Water Slide looking upstream

Downstream from the Water Slide on Denny Creek

It was getting cloudy when we headed back to the trailhead.