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LOWER NOOCHSAKATSU FALLS
RATING - 30.0

VR - 4 (Sm/Med)               HR - 5.0                  SR - 10/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Trail + Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Difficult

LOCATION - Wells Creek Area

TYPE - Cascades

HEIGHT - 88'

WIDTH - 10'

GPS - N48 50.580'  W121 43.500'

ELEVATION - 4270'

 Lower Noochsakatsu Falls with fireweedWells Creek is created when four tributary creeks combine just above massive Mazama Falls.  Each of these four creeks contains at least one waterfall.  The creek that contains Noochsakatsu Falls drains the area immediately around and below the Ptarmigan Ridge Trail once it crosses over into the Wells Creek Drainage.  By the time the creek reaches the waterfall, its volume is surprisingly large considering the small drainage area.

Lower Noochsakatsu Falls is a series of cascades and slides located just downstream from the main falls on the creek.  The canyon has an interesting combination of bare canyon walls on one side and a lot of vegetation and flowers on the other. Noochsakatsu is the Nooksack Indian name for Wells Creek.



         
DIRECTIONS - From Noochsakatsu Falls, follow the ridge downstream for a couple hundred feet to a view of this one.  It's possible to get to the base if you don't mind climbing down the steep hillside.

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

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