Siouxon Creek is a popular trail for trail biking and walking. It is a beautiful second growth forest watershed with a lot of hemlock. They are the ones with short flat needles and a drooping top sprite. Amboy has the St Helens monument offices and an abandoned mill. You can see the results as you head up towards Siouxon, this is a small logging town. Sometimes the forest service road signs, especially the 5701, go missing. But if you are on track, you will climb up to the ridge and look down on the Siouxon watershed. Drop over and there is a large parking lot. On foot the trail is easy. It’s also easy on a bike. There are some rocky and rooty sections. Then there is a broad soft hemlock-needled trail with beautiful creek views. The right time of day, the sun illuminates the creek. This spot can hook you on NW trail biking. The watershed had a forest fire about 100 years ago. And even with the valley being primarily hemlock, a much lesser wood than fir or cedar, there was a plan to log it down. But they didn’t, and left this small valley for you, me and everyone we know.
