Isabel Falls

While Wallace Falls is very prominent in the lower Skykomish Valley, being visible several miles away, the May Creek drainage is much more secretive. Headed at over 2500 feet above the valley floor, May Creek starts off in beautiful Lake Isabel. After passing through the logjam at it's outlet, the creek courses through a small, short, narrow gorge for no more than 75 feet, then hurtles itself over a massive wall, veiling towards the valley below. Though it's not obvious at first, Isabel Falls is actually a segmented waterfall. There is a modest hill at the outlet of the lake, which breaks May Creek into two channels, separated by almost 1/5 of a mile, both of which contain waterfalls around 200 feet tall. I have thus far only been able to approach the eastern segment of the falls located next to the trail, but the other half of the falls ought to be reachable in a day. The easily accessed portion of the falls horsetails down a granite slab for about 180 feet, before crashing into a large talus field and cascading another 100 feet down the slopes. Part of the western segment can be seen through the trees about 1/2 mile before reaching the eastern segment.A Waterfall Lovers Guide to the Pacific Northwest cites this waterfall in the appendix as Lake Isabel Falls.