Upper Thompson Creek Falls

RATING - 20.0

VR - 4.0 (Med) HR - 4.0 SR - 4/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Extremely Difficult

LOCATION - Glacier Creek Road

TYPE - Cascades

HEIGHT - 70'

WIDTH - 15'

GPS - N48 53.093 W121 52.601

ELEVATION - 2579'

DIRECTIONS - From Thompson Creek Falls, continue upstream for another 1/4 of a mile or so until you see the individual tiers of the falls. You'll have to climb down into the steep canyon for good views, but if you've made it this far a little climbing won't hurt you.

The upper falls on Thompson Creek consists of two sets of cascades, each around 30' tall that are located nearly back-to-back from each other. The lower tier is shown to the left and the photo below is the upper tier. Both sets of cascades are buried in fallen trees, ruining what would otherwise be a very pretty scene. There is a waterfall clearly visible on Bing's Aerial imagery in this area but it doesn't appear to be either of these drops. I searched a short distance upstream and didn't find anything so either my GPS is way off, or the waterfall has changed in appearance since those images were taken. Quite a mystery. Anyway, don't go out of your way to visit this waterfall, but if you make it to Thompson Creek Falls, it isn't that much more effort to visit this one as well.