MAZAMA FALLS |
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| RATING - 10/10 TYPE OF APPROACH - Roadside DIFFICULTY - Very Easy LOCATION - Wells Creek Road TYPE - Cascades HEIGHT - 500' WIDTH - 60' GPS - N48 51.044 W121 44.586 ELEVATION - 3483' |
We reached the base of the falls by climbing through the brush along the creek from Wells Creek Falls. I would HIGHLY recommend against this route, and instead recommend coming in from above via the Chain Lakes Loop trail but either way will be very difficult. There apparently used to be a trail that run from Wells Creek Road and passed Mazama Falls on its way upstream. I have been unable to find any trace of this trail in my searching. |
| DIRECTIONS - Follow
the directions to Nooksack Falls. Continue on Wells
Creek Road for another 5 miles or so until it crosses over Bar Creek, passing Wells Creek Falls along the way. After the road
crosses Bar Creek it gets pretty bumpy and brushy but is still drivable. As the road
rises above the creek look back across the valley where you can see Mazama Falls from a
couple miles away. NEARBY WATERFALLS - Excelsior Falls, Landslide Falls, Lower Mazama Falls, Nooksack Falls, Sholes Creek Falls, Wells Creek Falls |
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Mazama Falls is a huge
waterfall that occurs where Wells Creek drops off the side of the mountains and into the
valley. The result is one of the best waterfalls in the Northwest. The falls
are rarely viewed from up close due to the extreme difficulty of getting there. The
falls consist of seven tiers as follows: 50' plunge, 125' segmented (below right),
60' plunge (below center), 50' cascades, 90' fan (left), 40' plunge, 50' cascades.
The water of Wells Creek is a gorgeous blue through the falls and there are several pools
which showcase this perfectly. The falls can be seen from Wells Creek Road at a
distance of several miles. Even from here the falls appear most impressive.
From up close, they are astounding!
