Forest Road 65 has some flood damage between Falls Creek Horse Camp and the Thomas Lake Trailhead. The washout can be crossed with a high clearance vehicle, such as a Subaru or higher. In addition, Road 65 is very rough and filled with many potholes, including on sections of the paved segment.
Having driven both roads, I recommend using Forest Road 6507 to reach the trailhead. This approach is a few miles longer, but both gravel Road 6507 and paved two-lane Wind River Highway are in good condition and smooth drives.
We hiked the Thomas Lake Trail to Rock Lake, where we stopped for lunch and fully sampled the ripe Cascade bilberries. We hiked on past Lake Umtux but we did not go all the way to Blue Lake and Tombstone Lake.
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