Bridal Veil Falls

It was memorial day weekend, and I had planned to go hiking at least and a 2-3 day backpacking trip was what I really wanted, but it was not to be. I wasn't thrilled about going out in the rain, and it rained for a week straight and through the long weekend. I also couldn't find any friends that had time for such a trip. So on Friday and Saturday I just stayed home, rested and spent some time with my amazing wife.



On sunday afternoon I decided to call another friend and see if he was up for hiking. I had planned to climb mt index or mt persis and a check off one of my mountains to climb for the year (see april). Due to time and fitness constraints, we ended up hiking only to Bridal Veil Falls, at the base of Mt. Index. The trailhead was typical of an easy trail close to civilization, and I was most annoyed at the lack of parking and overcrowding of the trail.I had inadvertantly come to a tourist trail. There were even kids on the trail. It was a little muddy on the trail, and there were quite a few stairs for the last 1/3 of a mile of trail. The first mile was very easy. The falls were beautiful, and I didn't know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised. At one point about 10m downstream from the trail, there was a point where I could walk up alongside the falls, and it was almost as cool as the falls themselves. Since it was spring and had rained for the last week, the falls were roaring and an awesome sight.