Stickney Falls

RATING - 26.0

VR - 4.0 (Sm/M) HR - 4.0 SR - 10/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Road Walk

DIFFICULTY - Medium

LOCATION - Spada Lake

TYPE - Tiered

HEIGHT - 55'

WIDTH - 10'

DIRECTIONS - Turn north from Highway 2 near Sultan onto Sultan Basin Road. After several miles the road turns to gravel and eventually reaches Olney Pass. About a mile before the pass is a white-gated logging road on the right that begins in a fresh clear cut. Begin walking along the road. In about a mile and a half the road will fork. Stay straight (instead of back to the left) for another half mile or so. Eventually you will see Stickney Falls across the valley. It's possible to get right to the bottom if you really want to for some reason.

Stickney Falls is a somewhat disappointing waterfall that drops into Olney Creek Valley from the south side. It's a nice waterfall, but the large cliff above the falls led me to believe there was a large upper tier above. Unfortunately, there is not. The waterfall drops 55' in three tiers: a 28' plunge, a 21' tall fan, and a 6' little cascade. Below that the creek continues to drop - sometimes over bedrock, sometimes over boulders - but I elected not to include those drops in to height. The waterfall can also be seen distantly from the high road on the north side of the valley but from there it certainly isn't very impressive.