Easter Sunday presented itself with the perfect opportunity to visit this trail. Flying insects buzzed throughout the entire trip. The skies varied from sunny to cloudy. The wind funneled through the canyon making the 50°F temperatures feel much cooler. A hat is needed for both the wind and the sun. The trail was in good repair. Very little debris was found. Some garbage left by someone unlikely to ever read this was picked up and packed out. People. Some just don't get it. The basalt cliffs were speckled with Pillow Basalt. Personally I think it should be called Balloon Basalt as the shapes are much rounder than flat and the way they were formed would be more like blowing up a balloon than not. Regardless, it was a very interesting sight to see. Wildlife ranged from a frightened mouse on the trail to fish in the creek and birds in the air. A lone gartner snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) slithered away startling me. I hadn't seen him but my wife had. After seeing that I was far more vigilant about what might be on the trail. Brook trout darted from side to side of the various areas of Douglas Creek. The water was clear in most areas with the exception of the pools. The pools, while clean of human garbage was full of algae. The trail was in very good condition. Only a very few places was it not. Several trail signs though had been knocked down. I can only assume that happened by ATVs or the like. Tracks of ATVs were seen even though at the trail head a sign expressly prohibits their use. Again, people. Some just don't seem to get it. The northern portion of Douglas Creek Canyon Trail supposedly offers places to camp. We did not see any manmade or natural sites. That doesn't mean they don't exist, we just didn't see them. Water is available, but you should use a purifier. Fires are allowed in either cookstove or rockwalled fire ring.

awesome weather, the creek and falls were amazing..I was frankly surprised and disturbed by the amount of trash, beer bottles, fired gun casings, trashbags etc...

This was more than we were expecting. it was beautiful, wildflowers blooming...great views. We had the trail all to ourselves which was great. Saw a dead rattle snake on the side of the trail. The trail is in good condition, looks as though it had been recently cleared. Has a great time a few bugs, not bad. We found the sun here too.

Currently Douglas Creek is still green and blooming and the temperatures mild- with wild buckwheat, purple sage and mock orange in abundance along the trail. I only made it part of the way up, the second stream crossing about a mile in, though you can cross if you're prepared to get a little wet or have waterproof high leather boots. I also had my dogs with me and at one point I looked down and my border collie had 4 ticks right on his head. Though beautiful this time of year, be prepared for ticks- perhaps not the place you would want to bring Fido on an adventure and watch out for yourself. Though I only found 3 on me, I've pulled more than 20 off my dogs who were leashed the entire time. So beware. This year seems particularly ticky, though Douglas Creek always seems to have a few. There was also a trail crew working up from where I turned back at that day- and I could definitely see improvements already in the brush along the trail. Hopefully they do more. And yep- if you're looking for this road to access this trail it is Road H- east of Douglas on Highway 2. There is no marker and the street sign barely legible- but remember to look for a farm on the left with a big red barn which is across the street from Road H. Of course there are lots of big red barns in rural country- but it is the second one if you are coming from the west out of Douglas. Other than finding the darn road off Highway 2 the dirt road to this trailhead is surprisingly good (least this time of year) and can be accessed by any kind of vehicle. The earlier wildflowers have bloomed, but later ones are in full swing. Gooseberry (Ribes cereum and Ribes aureum) fruit were also just about ripe.

My husband and I and our small terrier mix dog wanted to get away for just a short 1/2 day hike and this was a great one. It was overcast in Wenatchee and Waterville, but when we got down into the canyon, there were patches of sun and clouds and the weather later turned out to be wonderful and sunny. Within the first 10 minutes, we encountered a rattlesnake on the trail but it wasn't too big of a deal as we had our dog on a leash for that very reason. It turned out to be the only rattlesnake we saw the entire hike. I was hoping we'd see another one because I wasn't quite fast enough with my camera and the snake was already slithering into the brush by the time I snapped a picture. Besides the rattler, we didn't see too much else as far as wildlife, except for the hundreds and hundreds of grasshoppers and lots of birds. There were several places where the trail crossed the dry creek bed, and a couple times where we crossed over the creek. It was very easily crossed on rocks without getting wet. This hike is very easy and the canyon is beautiful, especially in the fall. It's one of those beautiful lonely places where you just feel like you want to stay and not go back to all the stress you left behind. But, since we did have to get back to our responsibilities at home, we didn't stay nearly as long as we would have. As we began our ascent driving out of the canyon, the weather was once again overcast and dreary.