Conditions:Skookum Falls-20260503010948

Latest:	2 May 2026 (2 days ago)

Reported by:	Coops (150 reports), Korey (97 reports)
Location:	Skookum Falls
Quality:	Great
Waterflow:	Moderate
Wetsuit:	Full wetsuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	4 hours

Team: 3 people with experience level Intermediate to Advanced

Trip report URL:

Comments: FR7315 is still closed, so we parked at the gate and hiked 40min up to the usual upper parking spot.

Down-climbed the rock cliff (described as R1, but couldn't find existing webbing). Then used the existing webbing DCL for R2 (adding a missing quicklink). Anchors still good in R3 & R4.

The log has gone from the river crossing, instead we had to do a ferry swim, with some rope work to get the packs across.

Such a lovely route, even with the extra hike in.

General thoughts:

• check out a potentially better approach of crossing the stream high up, and following the ridge down to above R3.
• bolting the DCL wall at R3 to allow for a more-wet line, keeping the route interesting in lower flow.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
2 May 2026	Great	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	Coops (150 reports),Korey (97 reports)
Comment: FR7315 is still closed, so we parked at the gate and hiked 40min up to the usual upper parking spot. Down-climbed the rock cliff (described as R1, but couldn't find existing webbing). Then used the existing webbing DCL for R2 (adding a missing quicklink). Anchors still good in R3 & R4. The log has gone from the river crossing, instead we had to do a ferry swim, with some rope work to get the packs across. Such a lovely route, even with the extra hike in. General thoughts: check out a potentially better approach of crossing the stream high up, and following the ridge down to above R3. bolting the DCL wall at R3 to allow for a more-wet line, keeping the route interesting in lower flow.
8 May 2025	Amazing	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	2 people Intermediate	Katiepearl20 (5 reports)
Comment: Awesome pay-to-play ratio for this one. Flow was fun but not challenging. Very cold water (I wore fleece underlayers, 6/3 mm of neoprene with a hood, a rain jacket and neoprene gloves, and I was chilly after the last rap but generally a good temperature) Beautiful last rap!
8 May 2025		Moderate Low	Full wetsuit				Reiternick (44 reports)
Comment: If you find my VT prussick by R2 please let me know. Just a few feet above anchor on flat spot. 814-592-4211 thanks! Great canyon with drive up, 4 back to back raps, and quick exit. Recommend goretex hood over helmet for r4. Got brainfreezed
19 Apr 2025	Good	Very Low	Drysuit	Normal	4 hours	6 people Intermediate to Expert	Beccap (48 reports)
Comment: Fun day! Flow was great but the water was extremely cold. Most of us tried to stay dry on R3, but R4 is great fun in the dispersed flow. I managed to accidentally leave a closed system at the anchor, so one teammate got to ascend the final pitch. That is a cold, wet ascent, 0% of which is dry. Not recommended 😂 The 4h car to car includes the ascending shenanigans.
21 Dec 2024	Great	Moderate	Drysuit	Normal	3 hours	3 people Advanced	Mads (61 reports)
Comment: Low elevation, easy access, short day and great seasonal flow makes Skookum a lovely winter objective. The tall waterfalls are so fun and the flow is dispersed. At moderate flow, you could pick a line straight through the flow or a line to keep your head dry if you wanted to. As the creek is so open, it felt warmer than other canyons in similar conditions. 35F at the trailhead and we weren’t cold in the canyon. FR-7315 is gated from December 15 to May 1, so we parked at Sun Top Sno Park which added 1.75mi and 900’ of elevation gain to the approach. 3.5 hours car-to-car.
11 May 2024	Great	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Special challenges	4 hours	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	Coops (150 reports),AdamOtter (85 reports)
Comment: put in 4 anchors to safely descend the canyon. There is 2 dry rappels that we did to access the canyon. First one is cord off a tree down about 105 ft. Second is webbing off a tree, 120ft. This takes you to a tree above the first big waterfall. ~200ft. after that, cord off a tree DCL ~220ft. On the last rappel you will probably be unable to hear any whistles from your rappeler.
5 Jul 2017 Trip report	Good	Moderate Low	Rain jacket	Normal		3 people	LucaChiarabini@Facebook (14 reports)
Comment: extracts from Facebook posts, click link for full details (privacy restrictions may apply) " Most canyons were still running high around Mt Rainier, but Skookum was good. I met up with Lili Marlen and Sarah Jorgenson that were in the area for a fun day out in the falls. 3* 4C1- 1mm 4h 3pp. Before we got into the canyon we did a quick drone scout, just to make sure we did not need a boltkit..." Skookum Falls - 5 July 2017