Middle Blue Lake Falls

RATING - 48.8

VR - 3.6 (Sm/M) HR - 5.5 SR - 10/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Very Difficult

LOCATION - Baker Lake Road

TYPE - Tiered

HEIGHT - 124'

WIDTH - 20'

GPS - N48 38.446 W121 45.640

ELEVATION - 1656'

DIRECTIONS - No directions provided. Dangerous access.

The creek that drains out of Blue Lake runs over two difficult to access waterfalls about halfway between the lake and the convergence with Bear Creek. This is the better and upper of the two falls and consists of three tiers. The upper tier is a 47' plunging drop hidden in a tight portion of the canyon that is a little difficult to see. The next section is a 45' tall, 25' wide curtain of water that is the best of the three. After a couple short cascades the creek rolls down the 32' tall bottom tier which begins nearly vertically and gradually flattens out as it drops. The difficult trip as well as the modest size of the falls makes this one probably not worth the effort except for extremely dedicated waterfall hunters. I've been to the falls twice. My most recent trip was during extremely high volume and while the waterfall was really impressive, it made photography difficult. During normal flow this is a really pretty spot.