A Waterfall Lover's Guide to the Pacific Northwest 4th ed.
Middle Cascades 
10 Mehama
Update: Vehicle access to this area has changed. From June through October you can travel as follows. In Mehama, depart SR 22 northward upon Wagner Road SE. After 2.4 miles, you will reach a three-way intersection. Take the way that goes straight on Ayers Creek Road, signed for Shellburg Falls. Proceed 0.8 miles, then turn left upon AC100 Road. Continue 2.8 miles and turn left upon Shellburg Road. You will reach a campsite within Santiam State Forest's Shellburg Falls Recreation Area in another 2.6 miles.
Any time of the year you can alternatively drive 1.2 miles up Fern Ridge Road (described in the hardcopy book), but you will need to hike 1.5 miles along the gated access road before you reach Lower Shellburg Falls.
Click Here for a revised navigation map.

Waterfall Entries (refer to hardcopy book for descriptions and directions; page numbers are provided below)

Stasel Falls
Rating: **
Form: tiered
Magnitude: 45
Access: trail (fairly easy) (page 223)
USGS Map: Lyons (1985)
Update: Drive 0.8 miles southward beyond the campground (described earlier) to an unsigned turnout to the left. Walk a little over 0.1 mile along an old jeep trail, then depart it at the well-worn path to the right. Use the sound of rushing water as a clue to turn. The path quickly leads to vista above and looking directly into the cataract. Note the pillar of rock to the right of the upper tier. The sheer cliffs at this location make this entry for responsible adults only. The falls deserve a higher rating, except there is currently no location available to see both tiers from a single vantage.

Lower Shellburg Falls
Rating: **
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 46
Access: auto (page 223)
USGS Map: Lyons (1985)
Update: Continue driving beyond the turnout for Stasel Falls (described earlier) for 0.2 miles and park next to the gated road. The falls will be immediately in front of you, with some vegetation cleared that once greatly obscured its view.







Shellburg Falls
Rating: ****
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 61
Access: trail (page 224)
USGS Map: Lyons (1985)
Update: It is still 0.2 miles up the path from the lower falls (described earlier), but now the trail continues another 0.5 miles to the campsite.






New Entries
Click Here for Horseshoe Falls, USGS Lyons (1985).
Click Here
for Ayers Creek Falls, USGS Lyons (1985).
Format the pages to match your hardcopy book by changing your printer settings to 9" x 5 3/4".

Others
No access could be found to Stout Creek Falls (u), USGS Lyons (1985 nl), when field-truthed.


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