Wynoochee Valley

Directions: From Montesano, travel north on the Wynoochee Valley Road (which becomes Forest Road 22) for 34 miles. Then turn right onto FR 23 and continue for 2.5 mile to trailhead located just beyond bridge over West Fork of Satsop River.
Ownership: Olympic National Forest
Distance: .6 mile roundtrip
Difficulty: moderate
No pass
Kid-friendly, Dog friendly

Spoon Creek Falls plunge into an impressive box canyon. It’s a short hike to reach them. Descend into the canyon and get an up-close-and-personal view of the pretty 93-foot falls. The trail first travels through old-growth forest coming to an obscure viewpoint of the falls dropping into the gorge below.Continue to another limited viewpoint. This one however is of the impressive West Fork Satsop River Gorge.

The trail now on a wedge of high ground between two hidden waterways drops rapidly. It delivers you to a point on Spoon Creek just above its confluence with the West Fork Satsop. Now (if water flow is low to permit) work your way up the cool chasm on gravel bars, through ripples and around pools to the base of Spoon Creek Falls. Find a dry rock to sit and ponder their glory or cool down its splash pool.

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