Washington Falls

Washington Falls is an unofficially named and surprisingly significant little waterfall found on an unnamed tributary to Finney Creek about halfway between the North Cascades Highway and the Mountain Loop highway. The falls veil 53 feet down a sloping cliff, splitting into two channels that do a pretty good job of mirroring each other as they cascade down. The stream producing the falls originates in a small basin at less than 3,600 feet above sea level, so while it is high enough to catch ample snow during the winter, the lower elevation ensures an early melt out and in turn an earlier transition to low flow in the creek. We would not expect the flow in the falls to be substantial beyond early to mid July in all but the heaviest of snow years.