Mazama Falls

RATING - 90.0

VR - 8.0 (Big) HR - 9.0 SR - 18/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Roadside

DIFFICULTY - Very Easy

LOCATION - Wells Creek Road

TYPE - Tiered

HEIGHT - 528'

WIDTH - 60'

GPS - N48 51.044 W121 44.586

ELEVATION - 3483'

DIRECTIONS - Drive east on Mt Baker Highway to FR 33 (Wells Creek Road), signed for Nooksack Falls. After about 6 miles the road crosses Bar Creek and then gets MUCH rougher, climbing up the opposite side of the valley. Keep your eyes to the southeast and there are several spots where Mazama Falls can be seen across the valley. Up close views are possible, but the trek is difficult and dangerous.

Mazama Falls is a huge, very complex, multi-tiered 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: 53' plunge, 106' segmented, 102' plunge into a horsetail, 36' cascades, 140' fan, 43' plunge, 40' 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!