Camp Dayo Falls

Camp Dayo Creek harbors a number of small waterfalls as it cascades down the side of Sourdough Ridge towards Stetattle Creek in the valley below. Progressing upstream from where the now essentially abandoned Stetattle Creek Trail would have crossed Camp Dayo Creek (had it actually been properly extended that far) the creek's channel becomes progressively more and more incised into a narrow gorge. At Camp Dayo Falls the creek drops about 35 feet into a narrow box canyon with sheer cliffs extending 100 feet downstream on either side of the creek, and a large tree straddling the gorge and partially obscuring a clear vista of the falls from downstream. Camp Dayo Creek is a modest to small stream which drains from a basin covering 0.87 square miles on the steep west flank of Sourdough Ridge, and rising up to elevations of about 6400 feet along the ridge top. The heavy winter snowfall coupled with the frequent (and often heavy) rainfall which this part of the North Cascades receives will help to ensure a good, even flow in the creek for the first half of the year. By July the volume of water should be expected to be reduced and by the end of August it may be just a trickle - possibly drying out completely by the early Autumn months during drought years.