My roommate and I spent the entire weekend exploring the Olympic Peninsula. On our way back toward Port Townsend from Forks, we stopped to check out the Sol Duc Falls. We were lucky that Sol Duc Hot Springs Road had been opened for the season just two days before (Mar 23) allowing us to visit the beautiful falls.
The road toward the trailhead is well marked off of HWY 101. Follow the road to the very end (beyond the campgrounds and hot spring resort) to find the trailhead for Sol Duc Falls along with a number of other, longer trails.
The trail still had a bit of snow and ice throughout the .8 mile walk to the falls. Young child and older folks should be extra careful to avoid a fall. However, the snow was under an inch deep and was no issue for our walk to the falls.
If you plan to continue to the longer trails that link off of the Sol Duc Falls trail be prepared for snow. It looked like there was much more snow covering the other trails.
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