Unnamed Waterfall

Hearty Creek is the southernmost stream which drains off the east side of the Twin Sisters Mountain Massif southwest of Mount Baker. The stream is endowed at least 11 significant waterfalls along its roughly 3-mile length. Only the final falls along the creek – Bridal Veil Falls – carries a historically recognized name, any titles bestowed upon the other falls along the creek are purely colloquial in origin. We have opted to forgo naming most of them. There is no developed access to any of these waterfalls. This waterfall is the lowermost of two which occur along the northern fork of Heart Creek in its upper basin, draining from a narrow gully just to the north of Heart Lake. The falls spill in two steps down a narrow gully, falling a total of 49 feet, the upper tier dropping 26 feet and the lower 23 feet. Because of how the stream bends between the two drops, it may not be possible to view them collectively (this may be possible from the north bank, but we did not investigate). Hearty Creek heads in Heart Lake, and unlike all of the other easterly-flowing streams on Twin Sisters Mountain, it does not originate in any permanent snow or ice. The drainage area upstream from this waterfall covers approximately 0.17 square miles, and because of its small size and lack of permanent snow to continually feed into the creek, the volume of the stream will be greatly reduced by mid-summer and very possibly may dry out entirely by September (if not earlier).