Siouxon Creek Trail And Falls

Today’s hike was a short scouting venture to learn more about doing the Siouxon, Huffman Peak Loop.  And an easy way to get out with the other things we planned for the day.

The road in was not as bad as I remembered it a few years ago, quite a bit of patching made for less risk of potholes.  But we still had to be careful, there were quite a few dips!

Instead of parking at the main lot, we stopped at the first pullouts where the Siouxon Trail starts.  We parked on the hairpin turn, but there was another one just a tad closer and across from the trail marker on the road.  Not that it was a long walk from the hairpin, maybe 350 feet.  A newer sign made it easy to spot, my friend says she has driven past before and completely missed it.

This was a what goes down must come up kind of hike, we lost about 850 feet to Siouxon Creek but the grade was relatively easy.  It was 1.3 miles from the road to the junction with the Huffman Peak trail and another .3 miles down to the water.  This bit was slightly steeper than the main trail.

Our plan had been to see if we could cross the creek and wander a short distance up towards Huffman Peak.  The creek was low for the most part, but the last 10 feet or so to the other side would have been wading in calf deep water on some pretty slippery rocks.  Only worth it if we were on a mission for the summit or making the loop, we instead enjoyed some time listening to the water slip past before returning back the way we came.  Just up from where one would cross the creek, the water is swimming pool deep.  This would make a great spot on a hot summer day!

There were just two logs down on our route (one on the Siouxon and one on Huffman), both easy to maneuver.  The forest was damp with the morning fog having just lifted and the silence made it possible to hear the blood rushing in our ears.  Although we didn’t have the waterfalls that come with the upper section of the trail, the solitude was worth it.

10/18/2014