Depot Creek Falls | |
Map: | USA Washington |
Coordinates: | 48.9772°N -121.2847°W |
Coords Ref: | [1] |
Location: | Whatcom County, Washington, U.S. |
Type: | Cascade |
Height: | 967feet |
Width: | 125feet |
Watercourse: | Depot Creek |
Number Drops: | 1 |
Depot Creek Falls is a 967feet-high waterfall in the North Cascades National Park, Whatcom County, Washington.
The falls occur where Depot Creek drops over a headwall. The creek starts off by plunging 200feet. After that is a long slide of 767feet to the bottom of the valley. Spray at the falls' base is immense. The average volume of the falls is 300-500 cubic feet per second of water, which flows over a nearly 1,000-foot (300 m) high cliff as a 125-foot (38 m)-wide river.[2]
Reaching the falls is challenging. One has to drive up Depot Creek FSR from the Canadian side, which is in poor condition, before hiking about 8miles to the falls. This is one reason the falls are seldom visited.