A ride up the Westside Road and a hike on the Tahoma Creek Trail bring you to this suspension bridge, more than 200 feet across and 150 feet down to the water.
This is the old parking lot. It was moved a few hundred feet after these boulders fell amongst some vehicles and crushed a truck.
Parking is at the three-mile point of the Westside Road. From there, cyclists can continue another nine miles, over Round Pass and on to Klapatche Point.
Like the Carbon River Road, the Westside Road has washed out repeatedly and became to expensive to keep open for vehicles.
To reach the suspension bridge, you can stash your trike in the woods near here. The 2.5 mile trail is not as difficult as the sign might indicate, but it is definitely more than a walk in the woods.
Most sections of the trail are quite smooth,
Parts of the trail wash out every winter, and navigation is sometimes difficult. We lost our way here for awhile, before finding the place it reenters the forest.
This is one of several bridges to the suspension bridge.
Alternating between the riverbed and the forest involves climbs
but at least there is something to hang onto.
Finally we come to the suspension bridge.