Lower/Middle/Upper Lewis River Falls 3.20.10

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Lower/Middle/Upper Lewis River Falls 3.20.10

Post by cascadehiker » March 22nd, 2010, 1:40 pm

So Friday night Mrs. cascadehiker is reading her Sunset Magazine and comes across a picture of the Lower Falls. She immediately says "lets go there tomorrow!" Sounds like a plan to me, otherwise I'm stuck doing yard work :(

From east Vancouver it was approx 1.75 hrs drive time to the Lower Falls recreation area. We spent about 30 minutes taking in various views before heading up the trail.
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The next mile and half was pretty level on a forested trail, mostly hugging the creek.
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The Middle Falls were beautiful, but didn't have the star power of the Lower or Upper. In exchange we got a rainbow out of them.
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At the Upper Falls we had the place to ourselves for 45 minutes. So glad spring is here!
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Re: Lower/Middle/Upper Lewis River Falls 3.20.10

Post by AlexanderSupertramp » March 22nd, 2010, 2:27 pm

Great report and pics! That is one of my favorite areas.

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Re: Lower/Middle/Upper Lewis River Falls 3.20.10

Post by romann » March 22nd, 2010, 2:33 pm

No snow up there - incredible! When I saw your report and pictures, I had to check the date of the repport - thought it's from last summer and somehow got bumped up :D In March two years ago I was skiing on the road leading to the falls (but was short of daylight to get to the falls) - on multiple feet of snow!

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Re: Lower/Middle/Upper Lewis River Falls 3.20.10

Post by cascadehiker » March 22nd, 2010, 2:38 pm

my interest in hiking was sparked by seeing pictures of these falls. That was back in 1994 I think. And this was my first trip here!
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Re: Lower/Middle/Upper Lewis River Falls 3.20.10

Post by anna in boots » March 22nd, 2010, 5:23 pm

cascadehiker wrote:Lower Falls....otherwise I'm stuck doing yard work :(
Way to dodge the bullet. If you can't weasel out of it next time, call it cross-training. Raking is great for the obliques.

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