The family went for a ~4 mile hike north into the canyon. The weather was beautiful with the trees and bushes starting to show signs of flowering and foliage coming on. Fording the stream in all spots was easy enough given little water for this time of year. We did meet 4 other parties but social distancing in all encounters was practiced. We did see several hawks and other variety birds. We did drive down the road south into the canyon for about 3/4 of a mile to see that there are several groups camping in this portion of the canyon. Unfortunately we did not take any photos worthy of posting.

Headed to Douglas Creek Canyon for an early season overnight while the Cascades finish melting out. The canyon has two approaches, from the South (off of Palisades road) and from the North (off of US-2). We used the northern trailhead, which starts you in the middle of the canyon. We turned off of US-2 onto H road, then followed this road until it turns into Slack Canyon road. There is a gravel lot with a nice new BLM sign when you enter the canyon. No permit is required. Until this point, the road is suitable even for low clearance vehicles. From here, hiking south (left) will take you to the south end of the canyon along a jeep trail. There are several water crossings that would require a 4x4 but are easily crossable on foot without getting too wet. About 3 miles south of the trailhead, the canyon plunges away from the jeep road. Hiking down to the creek here will take you to a series of swimming holes and small cliffs that you can jump off of. Near this point, there is a very steep hill that would probably require a pretty decent off road vehicle to tackle. However, the road does continue through to the south access point, just about a mile past the swimming holes. There were several dozen people camping and driving ATVs in the south section, so we hiked back to the trailhead and continued north into the north section of the canyon to camp. This section is inaccessible to motor vehicles, and we did not encounter anyone. There are a few creek crossings, but there are rocks you can cross. The north end of the canyon is very quiet and full of wildlife, definitely somewhat of a hidden gem this close to Wenatchee and snow free early in the season.

Same trip as last trip report, just wanted to add picture of the map posted at the trail head. I don't think this map is online anywhere so could be helpful.