Junction Falls

The North Fork Snoqualmie River runs south along a ten-mile long escarpment of the Cascade Mountains which runs from the Tolt River to North Bend known as the Moon Wall. Several streams run over this escarpment en route to joining the North Fork and every one of them produces at least one significant waterfall - many produce multiple. The unnamed stream which flows from SMC Lake makes the most significant drop, cascading some 1,200 feet in about one-third of a mile. While effectively the multiple waterfalls found along its length could be grouped together and considered one big series of falls, because there is no way to see more than one section of any of the falls at any given time we have concluded that the falls should be segregated. Junction Falls is the second significant waterfall along the unnamed stream feeding from SMC Lake and cascading down the Moon Wall in a lengthy series of waterfalls. The falls drop 118 feet in three distinct tiers of 29, 56 and 33 feet respectively, with the upper tier dropping in a more narrow channel and the middle and lower tiers each spreading out and veiling in multiple distinct segments. The waterfall occurs within the Snoqualmie Tree Farm, which is managed by Hancock Timber. Public access - even on foot or bike - requires a recreation permit which runs $75 for non-motorized access and about $200 for motorized access.This waterfall holds no official name. The title we are using here was proposed by local waterfall hunter Aaron Young for the old logging road spur which is used to access the falls (and while it may not be wholly appropriate, it's certainly better than a generic "Middle SMC Falls").