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WELLS CREEK AREA The Wells Creek drainage contains the largest collection of waterfalls in the Mt. Baker area with at least 36. I suspect a couple other waterfalls that I haven't been able to confirm yet so this total could end up being over 40. Some of the waterfalls in this area are among the best in NW Washington and include both big, powerful waterfalls, and stunningly beautiful smaller waterfalls. Very few of these are easy to get to, but the rewards are high for those who do. Mazama Falls is the highest rated waterfall around Baker. Nooksack Falls and both Middle Sholes Creek Falls and Sholes Creek Falls rate very highly as well. Many of these waterfalls are accessed via Wells Creek Road, which is closed each winter from the end of October through June. Some of the others in the upper reaches of the creeks are most easily accessed from above via the Ptarmigan Ridge and Chain Lakes Trails. I have also included the waterfalls of Deadhorse, Boyd, and Cascade Creeks on this page because they are in the same general area. Click on the red-named waterfalls to get more information about them. |
WATERFALL | RATING | WATERFALL | RATING |
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Anderson Lake Falls Arbuthnet Lake Falls Bar Divide Falls Boyd Creek Falls Cascade Creek Falls Deadhorse Falls Dodds Cleaver Falls Excelsior Falls Hadley Falls Landslide Falls Lasiocarpa Falls Little Hadley Falls Lower Bar Divide Falls Lower Deadhorse Falls Lower Mazama Falls Lower Mazama Lake Falls Lower Mercury Falls Lower Wells Creek Falls |
48.0 10.0 39.0 66.0 15.0 37.0 47.0 32.5 29.0 39.0 41.0 33.5 39.0 |
Mazama Falls Mazama Lake Falls Middle Mercury Falls Middle Sholes Creek Falls Middle Wells Creek Falls Noochsakatsu Falls Nooksack Falls Pinnacle Falls Sholes Creek Falls Sholes Glacier Falls Upper Bar Divide Falls Upper Cascade Creek Falls Upper Deadhorse Falls Upper Dodds Cleaver Falls Upper Mercury Falls Upper Pinnacle Falls Upper Sholes Creek Falls Wells Creek Falls |
81.0 28.5 63.0 33.0 68.0 26.0 63.0 20.0 42.0 25.5 15.0 47.0 66.0 |
