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McCloud River Falls (Shasta-Trinity Nat’l Forest) 23-Jul-2020

2020-07-232020-07-25Posted in Northern California, Other AdventuresTagged California waterfalls, McCloud River California, McCloud River Falls California, Northern California, Shasta-Trinity National Forest2 Comments

As we were leaving Mount Shasta for home, we decided to swing by and see the three main falls on the McCloud River. These get written-up in almost every tourist guide for the Mount Shasta area and we didn’t want to disappoint the local tourist bureau by not doing our bit as tourists. The falls are an easily accessible, extremely popular destination – rightfully so, but we hoped to see them without having to dodge milling crowds. Judging from the width of the formal trails – and the numerous intersecting use trails – these falls are probably over-run with visitors in a “normal” year. While these waterfalls undoubtedly deserve more time than we gave them, we were able to visit all three while encountering only a dozen or so other visitors. 🙂

Middle Falls (50 feet / 15 m high, 100 feet / 30 m wide)

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Jenny Creek Falls (Northern California) 24-Apr-2018

2018-04-242022-03-24Posted in California, Hiking, Northern California, U.S. National Parks & MonumentsTagged California, California waterfalls, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Day Hiking, Hiking, Jenny Creek California, Jenny Creek Falls California, Jenny Creek Oregon, Northern California, Soda Mountain Wilderness2 Comments

Jenny Creek Falls Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument California

Jenny Creek – which has been proposed for designation as a Wild and Scenic River – flows south out of Howard Prairie Reservoir in Southwestern Oregon for approximately 22 miles until it empties into Iron Gate Reservoir on the Klamath River in Northern California. Along the way, the creek passes through the eastern edges of both the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and the Soda Mountain Wilderness.

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Feather Falls (California) 23-Apr-2017

2017-04-232022-01-30Posted in Hiking, Northern California, U.S. RiversTagged California, California waterfalls, Day Hiking, Feather Falls California, Hiking, Northern California, Plumas National Forest, Yuba City California2 Comments

Feather Falls Plumas National Forest California

For our sixth, and last, hike during our week wandering the Golden State, we decided it would be interesting to visit a waterfall. After consulting Soares’ 100 Classic Hikes in Northern California (2014 edition), we picked Feather Falls as our goal. It was low altitude (so no snow issues), had paved access, and was described (at 410 feet) as the sixth highest waterfall in the United States. In this wet year, we also figured it might be a more spectacular water feature than usual (and we were right).

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