Trip Date: April 14, 2012
Participants: Brittany Zenger, Geoff Zenger
Difficulty: 1/2. Mainly hiking, occasional use of hands, mild exposure in places
Report: On a day where we had to be in town by early evening and the snow line lingers low, we decided to head up to try the High Falls Creek trail. I’ve been up the High Falls Creek FSR quite a few times to ski / hike Cloudburst Mountain, but I’d never previously hiked the trail that actually goes up past the “High Falls” that give the creek its name.
The day was already warm by the time we started up the trail at around 10:15am, and the trail only stays flat for a few minutes before it begins its upwards climb along the north side of the High Falls Creek gorge. The trail itself is in excellent condition and has frequent excellent viewpoints for both the falls and gorge, as well as to the mountains across the Squamish river.
Maintaining a leisurely pace and stopping at every possible viewpoint, we had made our way out to the road at the top of the trail and finished lunch by 12:15, and so the trail itself took well under 2 hours to ascend. From here, it was a quick 1 hour hike down the FSR and back to our car. Surprisingly, it seems that we were the only people to hike the trail on this warm spring day. In all, a very short day, but well worth it at this time of year if you want to find a beautiful destination while avoiding the snow.
