East Iron Falls

RATING - 19.0

VR - 2.0 (Sm) HR - 6.5 SR - 6/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Very Difficult

LOCATION - Illabot Creek Road

TYPE - Cascades

HEIGHT - 202'

WIDTH - 10'

GPS - N48 08.242 W121 28.332

ELEVATION - 3752'

DIRECTIONS - No directions provided. Dangerous access.

After getting a view of Iron Creek Falls in November 2007, I took a good look at the Topo map and realized that the two main branches of Iron Creek probably each had a waterfall. In 2008, I finally had a chance to find my way into both of them. What I found on the East Fork was a series of drops totaling around 200' tall. The falls begin with a straight plunge of about 25' feet followed immediately by another 35' drop. From there it turns a corner and runs over a long series of cascades before leveling out and joining the West Fork of Iron Creek. Getting to this falls is very difficult and not recommended for most people.