![]() Falls Creek Falls starting to come into view, but we needed to get closer to get a cleaner look at it Middle Falls Creek Falls and Upper Falls Creek Falls). Most of the time spent on the trail was the uphill portion on the way to the Falls Creek Falls so we definitely appreciated the all downhill hike on the way back to the trailhead.Īpparently, there were also a couple of other waterfalls on Falls Creek (i.e. Overall, this hike took us about an hour and 40 minutes. That said, the Wind River Road would only open during the Summer due to snow so the window of opportunity to see the falls would be limited. The Falls Creek Falls Trail follows Falls Creek up towards the waterfall itself So we suspect that this waterfall would be a pretty popular weekend excursion for those living not that far away in Portland or other areas in Southern Washington. Throughout the hike, we noticed a handful of other hikers going in both directions. I guess better lighting conditions would be either earlier in the morning (when everything would be in shadow) or much later in the afternoon (when the sun wouldn’t be against us). In terms of photographing the falls, the morning sun was somewhat against us so its upper tiers would frequently wash out on our photos. Julie walking among the tall trees on the way to Falls Creek Falls We were able to see the top part of the falls before the final descent to the overlook, which gave us a bit of an idea of how big this waterfall really was. ![]() Its rather unusual shape made this 250ft waterfall pretty memorable to us. The trail was pretty tame, and since we happened to be hiking on a cool but sunny day, the mostly shaded trail kept us from being real hot and sweaty (and tired).įalls Creek Falls dropped in a pair of tiers where the wider upper tier was channeled into a plunging lower tier. Getting to this unimaginatively-named waterfall involved a little bit of a moderate, mostly gradually uphill 3.4-mile return hike to its viewpoint (see photo at the top of this page). ![]() She decided not to attempt it with her bad feet so the rest of us took some videos/pictures to show her.Falls Creek Falls (also known as the Lower Falls Creek Falls) was one of a handful of impressive waterfalls along the Wind River Road north of Carson and the Columbia River Gorge in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest of Washington State. My mother was the only one who stayed behind because there was a trench along the roadside that she would have had to step down into and then back up again the other side to walk through the shrubs. We just pulled off the side of the road and I wound my way through some shrubs to find the waterfall. We drove down along the dirt road and had to use the satellite image of where the falls were supposed to be to find it. I don't know if there was a restroom available. There was a day use fee but I didn't pay close enough attention to what the few people were doing in the parking area. It really is an easy right turn off the main highway once you know to look for the campground sign. The sign looked like a state park entrance. ![]() We had come from Idaho Falls on our way to Yellowstone. We missed the exit the first time because the entrance was a dirt road leading down to a campground. My Dad had read about it somewhere and wanted to find it. You can find this on google maps under Fall Creek Falls, Idaho. ![]()
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