Let me begin by prefacing: The waterfall is completely dried up. Zero water!

This trail started out like a nice gradual nature hike, passing through lush greenery. We encountered ripe thimbleberries , blackberries, salal berries and red huckleberries. Some blackberry vines were flowering shades of purple. The climate was dry and a little warm with a slight gentle breeze. 

Beware of a large ground wasp nest (small soccer ball size) formed around a fern on the ground, to your right as you're hiking up in the first leg of the trip.

The trail isn't marked well in multiple areas. There comes a spot on the trail where you begin walking over some downed sticks. Stop there and look right! The trail does a switchback to the right. If you continue straight, you'll encounter a metal stake with signage telling you 'this is not a trail...backtrack and find the switchback. 

Eventually you'll hike through a large mountain rockfall area, with the switchbacks passing you over fallen rock of varying size boulders and stones. This may be a little more challenging or intimidating for some travelers. 

When you get near to the waterfall area, there is signage for the mountain hike. It will continue up a steep embankment trail with loose rock. We didn't take the trail, but heard rocks shifting and rolling down the hill above our heads as other hikers traversed. We continued to the left to make our way over to the waterfall area. There is no water right now...at all. It's dry. There are some pretty yellow flowers that speckle the rockface of the waterfall rock bluffs. I also spotted a few purple flowers. 

The trail was fairly sparse on hikers mid to late afternoon. We encountered a handful of hikers, but it was mostly a private adventure. 

Hiking poles help tremendously!  

This was my start to the 2025 Hike-A-Thon hike! Arrived at the trailhead around 11am and there was still plenty of parking. The trail was well maintained and lovely to walk along. My only confusion was regarding the new-ish connector trail. It isn't on the map at the trailhead and it wasn't clear to me where to take it. The first sign I saw for the Connector Trail was, as I learned later, at the end of connector. (when you read the trail description here and it says to turn left- up mountain) There were two trail signs that very clearly marked Teneriffe Falls trail at two points before this intersection so I suppose the trail going the other way at one of these points was the connector start. 

Taking the connector trail where I did (at the end), and then turning right where it met up with the next trail, I would have ended up going on a much longer hike than I was prepared for - and ended up at a different end point. Not having realized I missed the entrance to the connector lower down, I opted to just return to the falls trail and head back down to the car as I didn't want to overdo the hike for my dog. So, I didn't get to where the falls normally are but I wasn't fussed as I had read the falls were dry anyway. 

The trail on it's own offered lovely views and was a pleasure to be on. I will definitely be back to summit to the falls when there is water flowing.

My first time hiking here. Pulled into the parking lot around noon, only a few cars there.

It struck me how nice the condition of the lot and the base of the trail were. This was the case all the way up too except for a random water bottle and food wrapper.

Saw a total of 5 people the entire trip. It was very quiet and peaceful. The bugs were here and there, worse at the top. Gorgeous scenery all around.

Didn’t expect much water this time of year but the Falls were completely dry. It wasn’t disappointing though, we sat in the middle of the bed looking straight up in awe at the face and overhangs above. Will definitely put it on the list for next Spring!

The upper legs of the trail were a great, steady workout. Both of us were wondering though, it seemed longer than 5.6mi round trip. We didn’t use the connector trail and we followed all the trail signs.

Did the Teneriffe falls loop counterclockwise. The falls is literally dry now so you don't hear any water sound on the way up as you get near the falls. The return trip is very pleasant via the Teneriffe falls connector trail and passed quite a number of bridges and creeks and small falls, this section was very enjoyable compared to the actual Teneriffe falls at this time of year.

Mount Teneriffe has, again, been catalogued hundreds of times before and needs no explanation. But the cardio is efficient and this is the last weekend for a while that I can take the bus there due to a new job, so why not give it another go?

Bugs are not too bad but I recommend bug spray anyway, in particular as you go above two thousand feet. Otherwise, the trail is nice, dry, and packed with wildflowers

First, I climbed up to Teneriffe Falls. At this time of year, with the snowmelt gone, it's still there but as a trickle. For such a popular trail, conditions are a little rough as you leave the converted logging road and its excellent condition. Nothing too awful, just mind your footing

I then took the Teneriffe Falls connector to the main trail and made my way to the summit. The connector is a new trail, not yet shown on the official maps, and in great condition

The main trail can be a little rocky on the more exposed sections, and you will need to mind your steps on the descent

Left the trailhead at about 11:10 AM, made it to the top given the detour at about 3:10 PM, left the top at about 3:30 PM, and made it to the Mount Si trailhead via Roaring Creek at about 6:10 PM

Pro tip for anyone taking Trailhead Direct -- you might be able to save some time by taking the Roaring Creek trail to the Mount Si trailhead instead of the Mount Teneriffe trailhead. Plus, it offers a nice, quiet walk away from the main paths