Middle Mercury Falls

RATING - 24.0

VR - 4.0 (Sm/M) HR - 5.0 SR - 4/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Difficult

LOCATION - Mt. Baker Highway

TYPE - Cascades

HEIGHT - 90'

WIDTH - 10'

GPS - N48 53.495 W121 44.50

ELEVATION - 2888'

DIRECTIONS - No directions. Dangerous approach.

Barometer Creek runs over a seemingly never-ending series of waterfalls and cascades as it makes its journey from the slopes of Barometer Mountain to the North Fork of the Nooksack. Along the way, it drops over three major waterfalls. Middle Mercury Falls is the tallest of the bunch and also the only one that can't be seen clearly (at least as far as I could tell). The creek drops over a horsetailing drop of about 90' in height.