Lower Suiattle Falls

RATING - 16.0

VR - 3.6 (Sm/M) HR - 7.0 SR - 6/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Fairly Easy

LOCATION - Suiattle River Road

TYPE - Tiered

HEIGHT - 300'

WIDTH - 10'

GPS - N48 22' 08.22" W121 30' 28.39"

ELEVATION - 646'

DIRECTIONS - From Rockport, head south on HWY 530 and turn onto the Suiattle River Road (FR 26). Follow the road for 2.7 miles to where it makes a sharp right at the creek. Park and follow the creek upstream for a few hundred feet.

The creek that contains this waterfall is essentially one longer series of drops culminating in the pretty 60' tall section that can be seen from the road. Climbing up the side of the creek will reveal many more tiers of the falls. None of the individual tiers are horribly impressive and it's difficult to see more than one at a time. Be careful if you do climb upstream. The canyon gets steeper and deeper. Cross valley views indicate even more falls above Suiattle Falls proper. In total, the creek may drop over 1000'.

It's a little difficult to split the waterfall up and if someone wanted to call this one continuous waterfall I wouldn't argue with them. I decided to split it in two at the bottom of the horsetail below the plunging portion of Suiattle Falls.