It took Julie and I a little over an hour to do this 2-mile round trip hike, but we were intending to make it a 3.6-mile round trip hike out to Virginia Falls going past this falls. The problem was that the trail was closed before reaching Virginia Falls due to grizzly bear activity. I guess we'll have to come back for that one the next time we visit this park.

Speaking of which, during the real scenic part of the hike when we descended the car park and into the trees, we noticed a tall cascade in the distance. We couldn't tell if that was Virginia Falls or some other waterfall, but we thought it was in the general direction of where Virginia Falls would be.

At the one-mile point of the well-signed hike, we reached a footbridge where we got direct views of the Saint Mary Falls. As we looked away from the falls and further downstream, the panorama was nice as it featured tall and pointy mountains rising high above the forest we were in. However, I'm sure the views would've been even better if the weather was better.