look at that oh i'm so excited to be on this hike right now i am in washington i'm at snow
palm falls and in this video i'm sharing with you some helpful things to know when you're doing this
hike and that's not all how to enjoy this waterfall with or without hiking and an idea
of something to do nearby afterwards that you might not want to miss but if you're new here
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start with the first helpful tip which is how long is this hike it's actually pretty short
it's 1.4 miles but you're going straight down and straight up but you have a couple
options in this out and back you have the option to park at the top and do the hike
down or your other option is to park at the bottom and just come straight to this viewpoint
but there's really around three different viewpoints the two main ones
one from the very top from the parking lot which is no walk at
all and you can come down and see in my opinion the best view of the falls the other option is
to do what i just did now which is hike down and then see the falls down from the bottom
great view gotta hike back up a little bit of a steep hike
my breath is being taken away by how beautiful this hike is hiking down easier than hiking up fyi
but it's very very very well supported and paid what i mean by that is there's restrooms there's
tons of picnic tables there's areas to stop and the whole thing a trail that's being taken care
of tell me in the comments below if you've been to this waterfall i would love to know but as
you hike down there is a bridge that will take you to this section so the next helpful thing to
know is you can see this fall year round but the hours are dawn to dusk if you want to come to the
bottom so if you come to the bottom it means that you will cross over the bridge which isn't open
all day so just dawn to dusk on the bridge but if you look from the top what's neat is so that
you can see the falls at night they do have lights so that you can come and park and look at any time
and speaking of which let's talk about the lazy way to see the waterfall just kidding if you don't
want to hike or it's raining outside you can still enjoy the falls you can go to the lodge salish
lodge and spa is somewhere yes that you can stay and spa but they have a nice restaurant where
you can have a sit down dinner or just do what i did which is go upstairs and enjoy a drink next
to the window that has a view of the falls super helpful to know they have valet parking but their
spot is right across the street from the free parking lot and then you can just walk across
i'm here at the end of april and guess what the weather is it's in the 50s right now it
is a little bit rainy today but still still so so beautiful to come here really anytime
there's still even though it's a monday a decent amount of people on the trail so you can't expect
it to be pretty crazy here's another thing to know you can't actually go in so they have a lot
of signs and warnings that keep people on the path the view is obviously better from the viewpoints
but there is an area where you can get river access and get as close to the water as possible
so let's head down there and see what that looks like
so you are allowed to get in the water you can get in the
water from here but you can't do it from the boardwalk that's actually
kind of cool yeah you can't see the falls over here but you can't access the river
there's so much water and another thing to know is that they have the top damned off
and they are using that to create power and so as you're walking down and through here you'll see
tons and tons of information about how they're harnessing the power from the waterfall to create
energy and consider checking out the entire video of things to do in south side seattle right now
i'm actually going to head somewhere nearby for an adventure that you can have just right next door
this downtown is so cute make sure you come down here whether you want a coffee or maybe
something sweet and some ice cream or come come try this dinner spot i'm excited about it
snoqualmie falls is amazing no matter how you enjoy it
but we have other adventures to go explore consider trying indoor skydiving with me so come
join me over there and i'll see you in the next one ciao