This hike was an “all hands” hike that was family friendly. We did it on our family vacation near Sisters. The plan was to view Koosah falls and then take the river trail to Sahalie Falls and back. It is listed as a family friendly hike and it said it was 1.3 miles each way. After doing it, I think the 1.3 miles was the entire length, not just the length between the two falls. Either way, it worked out well and I think everyone had a good time.

We had a few minutes to kill before meeting Nicholas and Alyssa there, so we stopped at Clear Lake to see what it was. It was a cool county park on a really nice lake. Here is a picture of clear lake from the day use area:

We parked in the Koosah Falls lot and headed down the path to the falls. The path is fully accessible and heads down to a viewpoint of the falls. Here is a view of Koosah Falls from that viewpoint:

And a video of Koosah falls:

After looking at the falls for a bit we headed north on the trail that follows the river. The river in this area is rather constricted so the water was flowing pretty fast. The trail is right next to teh river most of the way, and there are several small waterfalls and/or rapids to see along the way:

Here is a picture of most of the clan looking at one of those areas:

It wasn’t too far until we got to Sahalie Falls (it felt a lot shorter than 1.3 miles). Just like Koosah falls there is a nice viewpoint:

And a video of Sahalie Falls:

From there, we continued north past the falls and went to the top of Sahalie Falls where there was another viewpoint:

It was neat to see the falls from the top – Sahalie splits into two pieces and it was neat to see what was behind it.

After looking at the top of Sahalie Falls, we turned around and headed back to where we started from. The length of the hike was just about perfect for everyone. It was a really nice way to spend an hour or so!