Mosaic Falls

There was little doubt in my mind whether there was a €˜bonus' waterfall on the South Fork of Whychus Creek between Columnar Canyon and Shelter Falls, the question was how big - and possibly how many. Turns out, the answer was one, and about 30 feet tall. Respectable, but this was definitely the sour grape of the bunch. Here, the South Fork explodes over a 20 foot ledge before winding through a boulder pile in what can only be described as water pouring through the mouth of a child who's lost their front teeth. The falls are flanked on the left by Alder and Gooseberry thickets, which makes the approach a lesson in futility, and forces visitors to view the falls from directly below, where unfortunately, the spray is too heavy to set up a tripod for slow shutter studies of the falls (which would look quite nice). Good thing this isn't a more impressive waterfall, though, or this might be a major disappointment.I've named the falls for the fact that the creek flows rather haphazardly through a large pile of rock in the lower half of the falls, creating a mosaic pattern.