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SUIATTLE FALLS
RATING - 40.8

VR - 3.6 (Med/Sm)               HR - 8.0                  SR - 12/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Trail

DIFFICULTY - Difficult

LOCATION - Suiattle River Road

TYPE - Tiered

HEIGHT - 456'

WIDTH - 5'

GPS - N48 22.317  W121 30.657

ELEVATION - 1450'

Main drop of Suiattle FallsThe creek that contains Suiattle Falls and Lower Suiattle Falls is essentially one very tall waterfall containing numerous drops along the way.  From the start of the falls to the bottom at the road, the creek drops a total of about 1300', virtually all of which is waterfall of some sort.  Splitting the creek into different waterfalls becomes sort of arbitrary but I've done the best I can.

The main section of the falls plunge 132' before hitting a dome of rock and immediately horsetailing down the mountainside for a total of 256'.  The creek then drops over another 80' plunge before disappearing out of sight.  Above all this is another 120' tall series of drops that begins with a plunging drop and gradually becomes more and more shallow, finally flattening out just before the main plunge.  A view from across the valley shows even more drops above that.

They only thing keeping this waterfall from a much higher rating is that the creek is so small.  I can't recommend climbing up above the plunge.  The view of the valley around the falls is great, but the upper tier of the waterfall isn't worth the effort or potential death.
DIRECTIONS - Follow the directions to Lower Suiattle Falls.  The upper tier can be seen from the road.   It's possible to get right up next to the falls with enough work but it is difficult and potentially dangerous.

NEARBY WATERFALLS - Bryson Falls, Huckleberry Falls, Lower Suiattle Falls, Petticoat Falls, Teepee Falls, Uproot Falls

OTHER PICTURES (CLICK TO ENLARGE) AND VIDEO

     View from behind the falls     Aaron Behind Suiattle Falls     Looking Over the Top of the Falls Toward Darrington     Upper Tier of the Falls     Cross Valley View    
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