PITCHFORK FALLS |
|
| RATING - 5/10 TYPE OF APPROACH - Trail DIFFICULTY - Fairly Easy LOCATION - Perry Creek Trail TYPE - Tiered HEIGHT - 800' WIDTH - 10' GPS - N48 04.936 W121 28.777 ELEVATION - 3100' |
|
| DIRECTIONS - Follow
the directions to Big Four Falls. Continue east on
the Mountain Loop Highway for another mile or so and turn left onto FR 4063. Follow
the road to its end in a couple miles at the Perry Creek Trailhead. Pitchfork Falls
can be seen across the valley starting at about 1 mile down the trail. NEARBY WATERFALLS - Flatrock Falls, North Dickerman Falls, Perry Creek Falls |
|
HOME SNOHOMISH COUNTY LINKS BEST IN THE NW WATERFALLS FOR KIDS FLICKR FACEBOOK STORE |
|
Pitchfork Falls occurs
where two streams tumble hundreds of feet down the eastern slope of Stillaguamish Peak and
then combine for one final drop. The total height of the falls is about 800'.
The left segment of the falls starts with a drop of around 300' followed immediately by
back-to-back 100 footers. The right hand segment does it backwards with two 100'
drops above a 200' main drop. Below this the two creeks combine and drop another
100' or so. On my trip the water level was very low but it was abundantly clear that
this would be a spectacular falls at peak volume.