Significantly delayed but not deterred, we headed back up towards Trout Lake and followed directions in Scott's book to get to the "trailhead" for Little Niagara Falls. His directions were spot-on, and someone has also tied some flagging on the trees so you know where to start heading down.
Down, down, down we scrambled.
We finally reached Tillicum Creek. I took off my boots and put on my Crocs, but Greg opted to just keep his boots on, since they were his old thrashed pair. It would be great if all we had to do at this point was wade upstream to the waterfall, but that was not to be. Almost immediately we had to crawl over a large logjam.
Soon after that the falls came into view. Sweet! This section of creek that Greg is wading through was the easiest part. Due to large creek boulders and swift current, we had to scramble in and out of the creek several times before reaching the base of the waterfall.
Looking back the way we've come. Somewhere not far downstream of here is Tillicum Creek Falls, the base of which is apparently pretty much unreachable.
There's a point of land sticking out in the creek right in front of the falls, and it has some big trees growing on it. It's a nice mossy spot from which to observe the waterfall, although without a wide angle lens I was too close to get the whole waterfall in the frame.
Here's a video Greg shot of the falls.
Here's a shot from further back. Even with the trees partially blocking the view you can see how pretty it is. Why hasn't the FS built a trail to this beautiful place? What a pity.
On the way back, Greg waded across to the other side to get a shot from over there, with less of those trees blocking the view.
And then began the long tough scramble back up to the car.
We visited Little Goose Creek Falls, or rather a viewpoint that lets you look down into the canyon where the waterfall is. This bushwhack was really easy, since the road gets you close to the rim of the canyon and you just have to push through some bushes for a few minutes to get the rest of the way.
Langfield Falls DOES have a trail to it, and it's a short jaunt from the parking area to a viewpoint of this cool waterfall.
Here is the video that Greg shot. The flow of this waterfall decreases significantly in late summer and is far less pretty than it is this time of year. Glad we visited now!
According to a sign there, this waterfall was named after K.C. Langfield, who was a Mt. Adams District Ranger from 1938 to 1956.
We had originally planned to go check out the Lewis River waterfalls after visiting these three, but thanks to the car issues we ran out of time for that. Another day.
