SHOLES CREEK FALLS |
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| RATING - 7/10 TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack DIFFICULTY - Extremely Difficult LOCATION - Wells Creek Road TYPE - Tiered HEIGHT - 150' WIDTH - 15' |
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Sholes Creek Falls is a big impressive waterfall that is EXTREMELY tough to get to. Getting there requires hiking a short distance through the woods and dropping down into the creek. From there it is a 1/4 mile trip up the creek to views of the falls. I recently made it into the falls by climbing sideways along the steep walls of the canyon. I eventually got a better view of the falls but it was pretty sketchy so I can't really recommend that route (or the creek route for that matter). Technically this waterfall is tiered because there is a drop of around 60' immediately above the main drop but it can't be seen from the base of the falls. The amphitheater around the falls is really nice with a massive pillar of rock on the right side of the falls that looks like something you'd see in Southern Utah (other than the trees). I suspect there is at least one more large waterfall (and probably two) on Sholes Creek further upstream that I will attempt to reach next summer. |
| DIRECTIONS - Follow
the directions to Wells Creek Falls. Continue past
the falls to the bridge over Bar Creek. Park before the bridge and head into the
woods along the left side of Bar Creek. After a short distance in the woods, you
will drop down into Sholes Creek. Walking up the creek a short ways will enable a
view of the falls through the trees. Getting better views can be accomplished one of
two ways: wading up the creek or following a very faint path along the steep canyon
walls. This is pretty dangerous and not recommended. A slip will probably
kill you. NEARBY WATERFALLS - Excelsior Falls, Landslide Falls, Lower Mazama Falls, Mazama Falls, Nooksack Falls, Wells Creek Falls |
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