Wahkeena Falls
Rating: ****
Form: tiered
Magnitude: 59
Access: auto (page 161)
USGS Map: Bridal Veil (1994)
Mist Falls
Rating: *
Form: tiered
Magnitude: 17 (t)
Access: auto (page 161)
USGS Map: Bridal Veil (1994)
Directions: Depart I-84 at Benson State Park (Exit 30), available to eastbound traffic only. Walk down from the near end of the parking lot along the short paved path signed for Hartman Pond. Gaze up at the moderately distant cliffs; the cataract may be reduced to a trickle during the summer.
Necktie Falls
Rating: **
Form: horsetail
Magnitude: 49
Access: trail (page 161)
USGS Map: Multnomah Falls (1986 ns)
Fairy Falls
Rating: ***
Form: fan
Magnitude: 45
Access: trail (page 162)
USGS Map: Multnomah Falls (1986 ns)
Multnomah Falls
Rating: *****
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 93
Access: auto (page 163)
USGS Map: Multnomah Falls (1986 nl)
Lower Multnomah Falls
Rating: ***
Form: horsetail
Magnitude: 55
Access: auto (page 163)
USGS Map: Multnomah Falls (1986 nl)
Dutchman Falls (u)
Rating: **
Form: block
Magnitude: 37
Access: trail (page 163)
USGS Map: Multnomah Falls (1986 ns)
Little Multnomah Falls (u)
Rating: **
Form: block
Magnitude: 27
Access: trail (page 164)
USGS Map: Multnomah Falls (1986 ns)
Weisendanger Falls
Rating: ***
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 62
Access: trail (page 164)
USGS Map: Multnomah Falls (1986 ns)
Image courtesy of Greg Lief
Upper Multnomah Falls (u)
Rating: *
Form: cascade
Magnitude: 38
Access: trail (page 164)
USGS Map: Multnomah Falls (1986 ns)
Others
Only the top of Ecola Falls, USGS Multnomah Falls (1986 ns), is visible from the trail.
In prior editions of the guidebook, this descent was unofficially called Hidden Falls or grouped as the upper tier of Double Falls; both now defunct names.
Copyright 2008 by Gregory A. Plumb
GUIDEBOOK published by
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