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| RATING - 3/10 TYPE OF APPROACH - Roadside DIFFICULTY - Very Easy LOCATION - Cascade River Road TYPE - Horsetail HEIGHT - 300' WIDTH - 15' |
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| DIRECTIONS - Follow
the directions to Mystery Falls. Continue on the
Cascade River Road for another 2.75 miles. The falls can be seen from the road.
Climbing upstream will yield better views if the volume of water warrents it. NEARBY WATERFALLS - Barrett Creek Falls, Forest Glen Falls, Hard Creek Falls, Irene Creek Falls, Lower Forest Glen Falls, Mystery Falls |
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Our
first time up the Cascade River Road, Goblin Falls was in full force. Water poured
down the face of the rock in several different streams before dropping under the
road. Our next time up (less than a month later), there was no water near the road
and only a trickle coming down up above. A fairly easy climb up the creek is
necessary to view this falls, but when it is running at high volume it is well worth
it. Due to the angle of the rocks, it is very difficult to see the entire falls at
any one time. Instead you get a little 100' tall section like the photo below.
In the winter of 2008/2009, a big avalanche crashed down and covered the road at the
bottom of the falls. The avalanche took out a lot of the trees below the falls so
they can now be viewed much better from the road.