There are lots of reports on Wallace Falls, Wallace Lake, and a few on the Wallace Lake Loop. I want to add a few comments on the loop, specifically the DNR road and the upper Greg Ball Trail.
I did the loop counterclockwise. Above the Upper Falls, the trail reaches the DNR road, with signs indicating this DNR section of "trail" to Wallace Lake is a logging zone. The trail becomes a real "multiuser route", pretty much open to all types of travel, including loaded and unloaded logging trucks.
As this was a midweek hike, it was an active logging zone. Once away from the Wallace River walking on the DNR road, the sound of chainsaws was coming from a fair distance up the road to the north along the Wallace River. As I hiked, I heard a couple of trees fall. None were close to the "Trail" (DNR road). After about 15 minutes the chainsaws stopped and the whistle of the truck loading process could be heard all over the valley. One toot, two toots, and sometimes three toots! This was the serenade all the way to the northwest end of Wallace Lake and then down the Greg Ball Trail!
While hiking the DNR road, I was only passed by one pickup truck coming slowly up the hill. At 1.2 miles, the trail leaves the DNR road and follows an abandoned road that has a "crawl over" log and a duck under log. A couple minutes after leaving the DNR road, I saw an empty logging truck go roaring up the DNR road with quite a cloud of dust in trail. I was glad not to be on the shoulder of the DNR road! A little later, a full logging truck came down the hill, going much slower.
After a lunch stop at the northwest end of Wallace Lake, I opted to return via the Greg Ball Trail. Sure enough, just before I reached the short section along the DNR road, a full logging truck came by slowly. After I finished hiking the short section on the DNR road, another full logging truck came by. Yes, this is an active logging zone!
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