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ALIX FALLS
RATING - 18.0

VR - 2 (Small)               HR - 5                  SR - 8/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Difficult

LOCATION - Wells Creek Area

TYPE - Tiered

HEIGHT - 115'

WIDTH - 10'

 Alix Falls from across the valley          First view of Alix Falls

Wells Creek is created when four tributary creeks combine just above massive Mazama Falls.  Each of these four creeks contains at least one waterfall.  Alix Falls is a small volume waterfall where a tributary of Wells Creek drops 115' in a series of drops.  The waterfall begins with 26' worth of cascads.  It then drops over a pretty 25' tall fan shaped drop before collecting itself and plunging 24'.  The waterfall finishes with 40' worth of stairstep cascades.  The waterfall is located at the edge of the Wells Basin Meadows where the terrain turns from flowers and huckleberries to barren rocks and ruin.  In waterfall naming tradition, I've named this one Alix Falls after my niece.
DIRECTIONS - Follow the directions to Upper Pinnacle Falls.  Follow the stream upstream for about 1/4 of a mile to where Alix Falls can be seen dropping in from the south.  I shot my pictures from the ridge opposite the waterfall, but getting to the base wouldn't be too difficult either (once you get into the area at least).

NEARBY WATERFALLS - Lower Mazama Lake Falls, Lower Noochsakatsu Falls, Mazama Falls, Mazama Lake Falls, Noochsakatsu Falls, Pinnacle Falls, Pyroclast Falls, Upper Pinnacle Falls

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