Dicks Creek Falls

RATING - 38.0

VR - 4.0 (Sm/M) HR - 7.5 SR - 8/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Bushwhack

DIFFICULTY - Very Difficult

LOCATION - Mt. Higgens Area

TYPE - Tiered

HEIGHT - 350'

WIDTH - 15'

GPS - N48 18.687 W121 49.987

ELEVATION - 2050'

DIRECTIONS - No directions provided. Dangerous access.

Dicks Creek flows out of Myrtle Lake on the west end of Mt. Higgins near Darrington, WA. After meandering for a short distance, the creek begins a drop through an extremely steep and rugged canyon. Along the way it drops over six major tiers, totally about 350' in height.

The falls begin with a 75' tall, three-stepped drop, the bottom of which is covered with logs and trees. Below here, the creek plunges 65' in a sheer drop, immediately followed by a 15' drop. From there the creek drops over my favorite tier, a back-to-back drop about 75' tall. Drop #4 seems to be about 50' tall, but I couldn't get a clear view of it from the west side of the canyon. Finally, the falls finishes up with two similar tiers; each of which consists of a 25' drop and a 10' drop. The total height of the falls is well over 300' in height. There appear to be more tiers above the "upper tier" listed above but I haven't seen them yet. Some people might want to split the falls up into individual sections, but there really is no reason or simple way to do this.

The tragic Oso Landslide occurred very close to this waterfall and I suspect that the road used to access the trail and waterfall has been at least partially destroyed. It may no longer be possible to visit this waterfall.