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 consists of a single 39-foot tall plunging fall which arcs out as it plunges over its partially undercut cliff. About 150 feet further downstream are two smaller falls which drop 5 and 9 feet respectively, and all three can be seen collectively from downstream, but because of the separation between the two groups both in terms of distance and the underlying geologic structures, the lower drops should not be considered as lower tiers of the larger upper fall. 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 three-quarters 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.