Upper Weeks Falls

RATING - 20.0

VR - 8.0 (Big) HR - 2.0 SR - 4/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Medium

LOCATION - Ollalie State Park

TYPE - Cascades

HEIGHT - 27'

WIDTH - 50'

DIRECTIONS - From Weeks Falls, drive east and turn right onto a gravel road just before the eastbound freeway onramp. Follow this road for about a mile to a pair of gates at the Iron Horse Trail. Walk back down the road a few hundred feet and jump into the woods, heading downhill towards the river. There is a steep stretch at the end but it's not too bad.

Upper Weeks Falls is a small, and fairly disappointing cascade located on the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River. The falls used to be visible from I-90, and probably still are if you know just the right place to look. The river tumbles a total of 27' in two tiers of 12' and 10', with about 5' worth of vertical drop in between the two. This waterfall is probably only of interest to obsessed waterfall collectors and even then just barely. My recommendation is to leave this one alone, but if you must visit be very careful around the river. The rocks are super slippery.