Hours: 7 hours ( 10 miles with water crossing and back with upside trail)
Difficulty: Easy
Pet-Friendly: Dogs are allowed on leash. I have seen few people bring their dogs. There are two ways to go, lower and water crossing, or upside trail. If you don’t want to go up to the Bridge, and just fun in the water, then just stay water near the first restroom about 5 minutes from the parking lot.
Parking: At the trailhead, and street parking. Prepare to come early during summer time.
Take the fire road from the trailhead, and it is just easy and almost no elevation gain if you follow the water crossing way. About a 10 minutes from the trailhead, there is little wooden bridge and the sheep mountain wilderness sign. Then follow the trail. Soon, you go down to the water and your shoes are ready to be get wet. First, I tried to save my shoes from the water, but there is section you can’t avoid water in the end. So just relax and prepare some spare shoes in advance. About one and half hour or more, you have choice to go follow the water, or take upside trail. We take the water and continue to the beautiful waterfall area. Take some pictures there, and then way back down and continued. In no time, we arrived at the cave. Don’t just go there alone. Get inside to the cave with your friend and some light with you. It is pretty dark, and be careful with rocks at the bottom. About 30 minutes or 1 hour, we finally went to the Bridge. it was so nice to be there. Some people are bunjee jumping there. The way return, the wet clothes are pretty quickly dried. My shoes are almost dried, but there will be more water crossing when we return. Don’t be scared to get wet. Just let your shoes wet, and enjoy.
