Sol Duc River, Sol Duc Falls — Sunday, May. 24, 2009

Olympic Peninsula > Northern Coast

My niece and I decided to go to Sol Duc Falls, and with the gorgeous weather we were having, it added so much more to the day. Along the way, we stopped several times, viewed Salmon Cascades, wandered through Ancient Groves, and took in the river views. We arrived at the trail parking lot about Noon. Because of the holiday weekend, there was a lot of people in the area. We ate lunch, then headed out. There are several creeks to cross along this trail, all of which are completely passable with the mini-bridges over them. The groups of people on the trail seemed to come and go. In a way it was nice to know we weren't the only ones out there, but waiting to cross the little bridges, or waiting to get your chance at a picture was annoying. We arrived at the falls, and they are massive. Again a lot of people, but at the time, it didn't matter. We explored the area, looking down from the bridge, overlooking the entire area. Be careful when you go to the platform, spray from the falls is abundent, soaking us. We turned around, and headed back out the same way we came in. Although we stopped to check out the shelter area. It was a blast!