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canyonwalkerPacific Northwest September Travelog #4
Carson, WA - Sat, 3 Sep 2022, 2pm
We hiked the Falls Creek Trail to Falls Creek Falls. Given the redundancy of those names you'd expect there'd be a) a trail, b) a creek, and c) a falls. And you'd be right. Bigly.
Just a few minutes up the trail from Dry Moss Cascade Falls Creek Falls appeared through the trees. We could tell from a distance, even with it more than half obscured by foliage, that it was special. The view when we got out of the dense trees to the lip of the bowl opposite it did not let us down.
We perched here awhile, drinking in the falls and appreciating them in different lights as clouds in the overcast sky crossed in front of the sun. The near solitude we experienced on the trail up the gorge was gone here. At any point in time there were at least 4-5 groups of hikers at the falls. But most were respectful, and it was easy to tune them out to focus on the natural beauty before us.
We scrambled down to that earthen perch you can see at the bottom of the photo above. It's about a 25' drop from where I took the photo. The view down there was immersive, being in the lower bowl with the spray of the falls getting us wet, but the view wasn't as good. From down there the perspective of the falls becomes strange, with the lower tier looking like a too-wide necktie from 1972 and the upper tier looking like an afterthought.
Speaking of that upper tier, it absolutely is not an afterthought. This zoomed in picture I snapped (above) reminds me that if we only had one-half of the falls it'd still be amazing and totally worth the trip. And we had both halves.
We left the area after relaxing at the falls for almost 30 minutes. Our journey back downhill was quick and not as quiet as on the way up. The falls was getting more popular in the afternoon. I'm so glad we started when we did.
In beauty I walk.
Carson, WA - Sat, 3 Sep 2022, 2pm
We hiked the Falls Creek Trail to Falls Creek Falls. Given the redundancy of those names you'd expect there'd be a) a trail, b) a creek, and c) a falls. And you'd be right. Bigly.
Just a few minutes up the trail from Dry Moss Cascade Falls Creek Falls appeared through the trees. We could tell from a distance, even with it more than half obscured by foliage, that it was special. The view when we got out of the dense trees to the lip of the bowl opposite it did not let us down.
We perched here awhile, drinking in the falls and appreciating them in different lights as clouds in the overcast sky crossed in front of the sun. The near solitude we experienced on the trail up the gorge was gone here. At any point in time there were at least 4-5 groups of hikers at the falls. But most were respectful, and it was easy to tune them out to focus on the natural beauty before us.
We scrambled down to that earthen perch you can see at the bottom of the photo above. It's about a 25' drop from where I took the photo. The view down there was immersive, being in the lower bowl with the spray of the falls getting us wet, but the view wasn't as good. From down there the perspective of the falls becomes strange, with the lower tier looking like a too-wide necktie from 1972 and the upper tier looking like an afterthought.
Speaking of that upper tier, it absolutely is not an afterthought. This zoomed in picture I snapped (above) reminds me that if we only had one-half of the falls it'd still be amazing and totally worth the trip. And we had both halves.
We left the area after relaxing at the falls for almost 30 minutes. Our journey back downhill was quick and not as quiet as on the way up. The falls was getting more popular in the afternoon. I'm so glad we started when we did.
In beauty I walk.
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Date: 2022-09-07 11:06 am (UTC)