Hiking Copper Creek Falls
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canyonwalkerInland Empire Travelog #7
Almost Canada, Idaho - Sat, 15 May 2021. 10:30am.
This morning we've driven up from Bonners Ferry, Idaho to almost the Canadian border. We're so close to the border that our phones are pinging off cell towers in Canada and helpfully telling us that we're now roaming internationally. Memo to self: fight with Verizon next week to get these stupid international roaming charges removed.
What are we doing here? Hiking to a waterfall, of course. In this case, Copper Creek Falls. It's one of the tallest waterfalls in Idaho, with a drop of over 100 feet.
![Copper Creek Falls, Idaho [May 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/721700/721700_original.jpg "Copper Creek Falls, Idaho [May 2021]")
A short but steep trail led up from an ill marked trailhead on a dirt and gravel forest service road. On the flip side, the benefit of being way out here in booger country (as one of our favorite outdoors authors memorably calls it) is that we have it to ourselves. Ah, solitude! We enjoyed the trail and lingered at the viewpoint with nobody else around. Coming from crowded California that's quite a change of pace!
Alas nothing lasts forever, not even solitude in booger country. As we returned to the trailhead two other sets of people had just arrived in their cars.
"How did you find this place?" they wanted to know.
"Probably the same way as you, dumbass," I thought as I said something polite instead. I mentioned The Very Dull (and Frequently Erroneous) Book of Waterfalls... though this time it had steered us right.
Almost Canada, Idaho - Sat, 15 May 2021. 10:30am.
This morning we've driven up from Bonners Ferry, Idaho to almost the Canadian border. We're so close to the border that our phones are pinging off cell towers in Canada and helpfully telling us that we're now roaming internationally. Memo to self: fight with Verizon next week to get these stupid international roaming charges removed.
What are we doing here? Hiking to a waterfall, of course. In this case, Copper Creek Falls. It's one of the tallest waterfalls in Idaho, with a drop of over 100 feet.
A short but steep trail led up from an ill marked trailhead on a dirt and gravel forest service road. On the flip side, the benefit of being way out here in booger country (as one of our favorite outdoors authors memorably calls it) is that we have it to ourselves. Ah, solitude! We enjoyed the trail and lingered at the viewpoint with nobody else around. Coming from crowded California that's quite a change of pace!
Alas nothing lasts forever, not even solitude in booger country. As we returned to the trailhead two other sets of people had just arrived in their cars.
"How did you find this place?" they wanted to know.
"Probably the same way as you, dumbass," I thought as I said something polite instead. I mentioned The Very Dull (and Frequently Erroneous) Book of Waterfalls... though this time it had steered us right.
