Snow Gulch Falls

RATING - 24.4

VR - 1.8 (Sm) HR - 8.0 SR - 10/20

TYPE OF APPROACH - Road Walk

DIFFICULTY - Medium

LOCATION - Whitehorse Mountain

TYPE - Tiered

HEIGHT - 450'

WIDTH - 10'

DIRECTIONS - Drive along Highway 530 between Arlington and Darrington. A couple miles west of Darrington, turn south onto Mine Rd. Follow it to its end in about a mile where a gated road heads uphill to the right and FR 2030 heads to the left. Park and start walking up 2030. Stay on the main road until it ends at about 1.75 miles. Scrambling upstream among the avalanche debris will get you to the base of the falls.

Snow Gulch Falls occurs where a small stream drops hundreds of feet down the north side of Whitehorse Mountain into Snow Gulch. From the So-Bahli-Ahli Glacier to the base of the falls is over 2000' of elevation loss, almost all of which is waterfall. From the base, "only" about 500' of waterfall is visible. The creek tumbles down the cliff in a long series of drops, culminating in a 45' tall horsetail with a great view of Whitehorse Mountain looming high above the creek bed. In addition, a mine opening sits right at the end of the road so this is a very cool area. In the Spring and Summer, this can be a dangerous locale with massive avalanches and rock slides pouring into the gulch so be careful.