Wells Creek
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48.8466, -121.6926
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Mazama Lake Falls Shortly below small Mazama Lake, one of a dozen streams feeding Wells Creek cascades about 40 feet down a canyon carved in the ubiquitous ash formations around Mount Baker. The falls start by cascading about 10 feet before veiling 30 feet over a smooth ledge. Fed by both Mazama and Iceberg Lake, the small stream flows year round with remarkable consistency, but it is quite a bit more substantial in the early summer. https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Mazama-Lake-Falls-4939
Mazama Falls Mazama Falls is the largest waterfall in the Wells Creek drainage, thundering a total of 520 feet in seven successive steps between bowl-like depressions carved into the valley's huge headwall below Laisocarpe Ridge. The falls begin with a twisting plunging drop of 53 feet where the creek squeezes through a narrow notch in the cliff. Immediately after it spreads out and veils 106 feet into a trough protected by a large protruding rock wall. The third drop follows quickly as the creek bends around the rock wall and plunges another 75 feet, impacting on a slanted rock face a little over halfway down. The fourth drop follows immediately as a sliding, "L" shaped cascade of 36 feet. After pausing in a small pool, the creek then hurtles over the largest drop of the bunch, a veiling 130 foot plunge, which is then followed immediately by a 40 foot horsetail and 25 feet of cascades to finish the formation. https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Mazama-Falls-2905
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