Lower Wallace Falls
RATING - 54.0
VR - 8.0 (Big) HR - 6.5 SR - 6/20
TYPE OF APPROACH - Trail
DIFFICULTY - Easy
LOCATION - Wallace Falls State Park
TYPE - Tiered
HEIGHT - 200'
WIDTH - 20'
DIRECTIONS - Drive east on Highway 2 from Monroe to the town of Gold Bar. Turn left in town where a sign points towards Wallace Falls State Park. Once in the park, hike the nicely graded trail for about 1.7 miles to the picnic shelter and a view of the falls.
Lower Wallace Falls is a series of five drops on the Wallace River. The first drop is a series of cascades that can be seen along with the main drop of Middle Wallace Falls through the trees. The second and third tiers are plunges of around 30' each. Below that the river drops over a plunge of around 50' and finally over a taller, sliding drop. Only the first two tiers are easily seen. I found a scary viewing platform for the 4th tier just off the trail but the view is sort of dangerous and not recommended.
