DeHaro Falls

RATING - 48.0

VR - 6.0 (Med) HR - 6.0 SR - 12/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Extremely Difficult

LOCATION - Middle Fork Nooksack

TYPE - Plunge

HEIGHT - 200'

WIDTH - 15'

GPS - N48 45.279 W121 54.384

ELEVATION - 3241'

DIRECTIONS - No directions provided. Dangerous approach.

Wallace Creek is a large creek in the Middle Fork Nooksack Valley. The creek appears to harbor five major waterfalls. De Haro Falls is the third, and probably largest waterfall on the creek.

Wallace Creek launches out from the cliff face and plunges around 100' before immediately turning and dropping another 15'. Below this, the creek continues to cascade for another 100' or so which could legitimately be added to the height. This section is absolutely covered with logs and debris so it's not the prettiest area. Getting to the falls involves an extremely difficult bushwhack that I can't recommend to anyone. With that being said, I'm hoping to make a return trip in the near future to get better info and pictures of the falls, as well as check out the next waterfall upstream.

Mt. Baker was named for Lt. Joseph Baker of George Vancouver's ship. However, the first European to document the mountain was Gonzalo Lopez de Haro, two years earlier. Since he was robbed of naming the mountain, the least we can do is give him a waterfall. This will also help avoid confusion with Wallace Falls off Highway 2.