Survey Point Falls

RATING - 20.1

VR - 1.8 (Sm) HR - 4.5 SR - 12/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Difficult

LOCATION - Mt. Baker Rec Area

TYPE - Horsetail

HEIGHT - 80'

WIDTH - 15'

GPS - N48 42.947 W121 50.460

ELEVATION - 4295'

DIRECTIONS - There are two options for viewing this one:

1) Head through the meadows along the trail until after you cross Rocky Creek. Follow it down for a few hundred feet until you see a side stream coming in from the right. Follow this creek upstream for about 3/4 of a mile to the falls, passing Pickpocket Falls on the way.

2) Continue along the trail towards the Park Butte Lookout. Just before the trail makes its final turn towards the Butte (at around 4 miles), find any of the boot paths that head east along the ridge between Rocky Creek and Pocket Lake. Keep your eyes towards Rocky Creek on the north and eventually you should see the falls

Survey Point Falls occurs where an unnamed branch of Rocky Creek drops around 80' over an amazing cliff of basalt and lands in a pile of boulders before cascading for another 30' or so. The trip into the falls is not horribly difficult and the creek is covered with beautiful wildflowers the whole way up. I used to call this Cravens Falls, mistakenly believing it was a long lost waterfall with that name. After finding the real Cravens Falls in 2020, I have changed the name of this one.

Survey Point Falls from the ridge near Park Butte Lookout