Silvertip Falls

From Highway 5 in Clearwater follow the Clearwater Valley Road north towards Wells Gray Park for 11.3 km then turn right onto Spahats Creek Road. Proceed for 6.3km, staying right at the first junction. The falls will come into view above the road shortly before the sign marking the Silvertip Falls recreation site is encountered on the left. The trail to the falls is about 1km in length.Silvertip Falls may be the tallest waterfall in Wells Gray Provincial Park, though since the backcountry has been seldom documented - let alone explored - it could just as easily not be. The falls drop about 550 feet off of the shoulder of the Trophy Mountains plateau, starting off as a narrow horsetail sliding about 400 feet into a narrow cleft in the rock, then veiling out over a wide bulbous protrusion of rock and cascading another 100 feet and finishing with a 30 foot slide into an inviting pool. Because of the cascading nature of the falls, foreshortening is a serious issue here, so while the falls don’t fail to impress, getting a true feel for its height is difficult from directly below. The upper two-thirds of the falls are quite visible along the road just above the crossing of Silvertip Creek, but to see the base of the falls a short hike is necessary.