The falls seemed lower than normal, but still beautiful. So glad the lower platform viewing area & trail are open once again. The trail was short, but a bit steep. Slippery in parts as it is all gravel. Saw many people trying to decide if they wanted to hike down in their street shoes. Couldn't see the falls from the bottom, but did have great views of the river. Some folks in kayaks were in the river & many others were scrambling around on the rocks.

Short, sweet, and only a little steep in parts. Great vistas at the end. Took a lot less time than we thought it would.

We came here while there was still some construction going on. But, it was a very easy walk to get to the falls. More of a stop and stretch kind of stop than it is a place to drive out of the way to go and see

We got off to a late start today from Kitsap County. My boyfriend I think was a little hesitant to go hiking because it was so foggy out. I told him, you can't let the fog here stop us from our hike, never know we mght rise above the fog or it could even be sunny where we are going. So we got on the road a little after 11 am. As we were driving up Tiger Summit, I could see the sun trying to make it's way through the fog and I could see some blue sky off in the distance. I started to feel pretty lucky. We made it to North Bend by about 1230 and hit the trailhead by about 1:00 pm. There were quite a few cars in the parking lot but there was a fe open spaces. Oh and did I mention nothing but blue sky and the sun shining. Todays hike consisted of my 14 year old son, my boyfriend and his 12 year old daughter. The trail was in great shape. Well traveled. It was just beautiful. The sun was shining through the trees and rays of light shine down on the forest floor. There was just a light dusting in snow in some locations, but nothing that amounted to much. It was cool and frosty in several places. Waatch your step especially on the down hill in the areas with frost. I busted my butt even with good hiking boots, it was slick. Thankfully, picked myself up and carried on. On our return I watched a young man run along a downed tree and he busted his butt and good. Thankfully he was ok. We pushed ahead and just enjoyed ourselves maybe did a little huffing and puffing towards the last uphill push over the rocks and roots. When we reached the top it was just gorgeous. There wasn't a sole up there but us. With the sun beating down on us it felt like a nice Spring day. We sat at the top for a while taking a break on the rocks to take in the scenery and have abite to eat and rehydrate ourselves. We spent about 30 minutes up top before heading back down. By the time we made it back down, the fog had rolled in and the sun seemed to be setting already and that was at 3:30 or so. We decided to take a side trip on the way home and we stopped at the Snoqualmie Falls. I wanted to show my boyfriend becuase he had never been there before. When we got there the fog was like pea soup (Thick). The trees were covered in ice. Most of the walkways were closed due to slippery and hazerdous conditions. Tree branches were so heavy with ice they were hanging over the walkway. We didn't get to see the falls we could only hear them. Overall it was a great day!

The trail and lower park area are closed for major redevelopment and improvement through March of 2013. Our drive to the falls was through heavy rain and wind. As we parked in the parking lot the rain stopped and the only wetness was the spray from the falls which were running very full!