Upper Boulder Glacier Falls

RATING - 14.0

VR - 2.0 (Sm) HR - 4.0 SR - 6/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Trail

DIFFICULTY - Difficult

LOCATION - Baker Lake Road

TYPE - Plunge

HEIGHT - 58'

WIDTH - 5'

GPS - N48 45.653 W121 46.321

ELEVATION - 5050'

DIRECTIONS - Drive out Baker Lake Road to the Boulder Creek Bridge (tough to miss) and take an immediate left onto FR 1130. In about 1.5 miles, take the left hand fork at the Y. Follow this road to its end at the Boulder Ridge Trail. Hike the trail for about 3 miles until it ends up on a small ridge overlooking the barren wasteland of the Boulder Creek headwaters.

This is one of the many waterfalls at the headwaters of Boulder Creek that can be viewed from the end of the Boulder Ridge Trail. Upper Boulder Glacier Falls occurs where one of the several small streams originating in the Boulder Glacier encounters a vertical cliff and plunges 58' in a vertical drop. This is the most distant of the waterfalls from the end of the trail and also the smallest, but it provides one more waterfall to the already large number in the area.

As you can see below, it is possible to get closer to the falls, but it's a heck of a lot of work on top of the already difficult hike.