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 marks the point along Hearty Creek where the stream descends out of the meadow-covered sub-alpine basin which accounts for much of the upper half of Heart Creek’s drainage area, and transitions to a thicker forested biome with copious – and in many places almost impenetrably thick – amounts of Huckleberry growing beneath the coniferous canopy. The waterfall drops in a series of cascades over four distinct tiers for a total drop of around 100 feet over a run of about 300 feet. The exact measurement has not yet been determined due to incomplete measurements being taken. The upper two tiers of the falls measure 33 and 23 feet in height respectively. 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 1.3 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.