Trail of Ten Falls

We drove to Silver Falls State Park to hike the Trail of Ten Falls Hike. This is a loop hike with some short spurs. About 7.8 miles with about 800 ft of overall gain. We decided to do the loop clockwise starting with South Falls. South Falls as seen from the trail heading down to the falls.

I love the rocky overhang that the trail goes under while it goes behind the falls.

View form behind South Falls

Hiking behind South Falls

View of South Falls from the other side of the trail

 Most of the falls are along the Canyon Trail in a lush forest. View of Silver Creek

Lower South Falls

View from behind Lower South Falls

More views of the trail going through the forest in the bottom of the canyon.

Lower North Falls

Double Falls is up a short spur trail

Drake Falls is mostly hidden from view behind some branches.

I love the way the morning sun lights up the leaves.

Middle Falls as seen from a distance.

Hiking the spot trail behind Middle Falls.

Interesting texture and color in the ceiling of the overhang across from Middle Falls.

View of Middle Falls from under the overhang across from the falls

We were unable to see Twin Falls due to the trees.

View of North Falls from the trail, which goes behind the falls and over to the other side of the canyon.

Steps on the trail going up out of the canyon.

Another spur trail goes under the road by the North Falls Parking Area and leads to Upper North Falls.

We then returned to the loop and continued along the rim trail, which is another lovely forested trail.

We went down a short distance along the Winter Trail to see Winter Falls, which doesn't have much water in it today.

some of the wildflowers seen along the trail today:

 

  

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

Trail of Ten Falls

 Drove down to Silver Falls State Park in Oregon to hike the Trail of Ten Falls. This trail is mainly a loop with a couple of side trails, 7.2 miles with 800 ft of elevation change.
We started at the North Falls Parking area and took the 0.3 mile spur trail up to Upper North Falls.

Upper North Falls has a drop of  65 ft, we then returned to the main trail.

 We took the Canyon Trail going counter clockwise. Most of the trail follows the North Fork of Silver Creek.

 North Falls as seen from the south side of the trail as we descend into the canyon.

 North Falls has a drop of 136 ft.

 The trail continues behind the falls.

Here you can see the trail which goes behind the falls.

 View of North Falls from the north side of the trail.

 Looking back at North Falls as we continue down the canyon.

 It is about 1 mile between North Falls and Twin Falls, we enjoyed the walk along the forested canyon, the moss was so pretty in the sunlight.

 Twin Falls has a 31 foot drop

Twin Falls has seen from further down the trail.

 There were lots of small streams flowing down the canyon walls today.

















Less then 0.5 mile down the trail is Middle North Falls, it has a 106 ft drop. View from the short spur trail to Middle North Falls.

 The spur trail continues behind Middle North Falls to the other side of the Creek

 View of Middle North Falls from the south side of the creek.

 View from behind Middle North Falls

View of Middle North Falls from further down on the Canyon Trail.
The next 3 falls are within 0.5 mile from Middle North Falls.

Drake Falls has a 27 ft drop

 A short spur trail leads to Double Falls, which has a total of 184 ft drop

The upper portion of Double Falls is harder to see, the closer you get to Double Falls.

 Back on the Canyon Trail is Lower North Falls














Lower North Falls has a drop of 30 ft

Another view of Lower North Falls from further down the trail



















Soon, the trail crosses the North Fork of Silver Creek and continues for about a mile before heading up along the side of the South Fork of Silver Creek.
















A short ways up along the South Fork of Silver Creek we could see Lower South Falls.

















Lower South Falls has a drop of 93 ft.

There was so much water flowing over Lower South Falls, it was had to see through the falls as the trail continues behind the falls.

 View of Lower South Falls from the west side of the trail.













 About a mile up stream is South Falls which has a 177 ft drop.
Here there is an option to cross the creek over a stream or take the trail behind the falls.

 We opted to take the trail behind South Falls, here is the view from the other side.


















We continued to the end of the Canyon Trail and took the 2 mile  Rim Trail back to the North Falls Trailhead.

About halfway along the Rim Trail is the Winter Trail which crosses the canyon back to the Canyon Trail. We took  a slight side trip by only going far enough down the Winter Trail to view Winter Falls, which has a 134 ft drop.