Trailheads in Lewis County include Chehalis, Adna, Rainbow Falls State Park and Pe Ell. Pacific County offers access points at Lebam, Menlo, Raymond and South Bend.
Surface condition varies between the cities of Chehalis and South Bend. Beginning in Chehalis, the trail is surfaced with asphalt through the town of Adna where it transitions to compacted gravel at mile 5 until reaching mile 27, west of Pe Ell.
In Pacific County, miles of the trail are rough or impassible due to it is surfaced with railroad ballast and over grown brush and sticker bushes. The trail remains unimproved west of mile 27 all the way to the Raymond city limits near mile 52. Here, the trail transitions into asphalt for 5 miles between Raymond and South Bend where it terminates at a small trailhead accessed by Highway 101.