MURHUT FALLS TRAIL

Length 1.5-mi/2.4 km
Access Duckabush River Road (FS Road 2510) 
USGS Maps Brinnon; Mount Jupiter 
Agency Olympic National Forest

The beginning of the Murhut Falls Trail is not signed, but 
it is located on FS Road 2530, one mile beyond that road's 
junction with FS Road 2510. This trail is relatively 
unknown and is probably used mostly by people who reside in 
the vicinity.

The first mile isn't the usual mountain path but simply the 
track of an abandoned logging road. Although it appears to 
be well used, and looks as if it has been around a while, 
it is in relatively good condition. The trail climbs 
gradually at a fairly steep grade to the shoulder (1.0 
mi/1.6 km; 1200 ft/366 m) of a mountain spur. The old 
logging road ends at this point, but a man-made trail goes 
on, crossing over the ridge, then descending to a point 
near Murhut Creek (1.5 mi/ 2.4 km; ca. 1400 ft/427 m), 
which follows down a steep-walled miniature canyon. The 
path then follows up the narrow valley of the stream to 
what is supposedly a vantage point from where the falls can 
be seen, but it is impossible to obtain a good view here 
because one stands in a narrow canyon at a lower elevation 
than the falls; consequently, the terrain above them is 
largely hidden. Because the stream emerges from a narrow 
gorge, the view of the falls is somewhat restricted by the 
topography.

Murhut Falls is a double cascade—both vertically and 
horizontally. The double upper falls drop about 70 feet 
into a basin, and then the water spills over the lip and 
plunges another 30 feet or so, both the upper and lower 
falls being divided into two streams each, with the result 
that the view, although restricted, is quite scenic.