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 located immediately downstream of where the two forks of Hearty Creek which drain its upper basin converge and tumble through a short narrow gorge. The falls drop a total of 32 feet in three steps, with individual falls of 9, 13, and 10 feet. At the base of the falls is a nice pool which would serve as a good summer swimming hole were it not swarming with mosquitoes. 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 half of a square mile, 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.