South Fork Silver Creek Falls
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After shooting sunrise on Ice House Reservoir, I scooted up to the end of the lake, where South Fork Silver Creek (that’s a mouthful to say), dumps into the reservoir. There are some spectacular cascades and slides along this creek about a half mile up from the lake. There is even a trail that leads up to them, which I was pleased to find. I was worried about a couple things as I hiked up to the end of the lake. First, that the sun would be too high, and I would miss the good light at the falls. Second, with so much snow still around, I was wondering if there would even be much water flowing in the creek at all. It turned out good on both counts. The creek was not at peak flow by any means, but was really rushing well, and I did make it up to the falls before the sun started shining down in the canyon. I was a happy camper (but I wasn’t camping).
The cascade shown here is the main waterfall on South Fork Silver Creek, and I measured it to be 77 ft. high. It didn’t really seem that high, but is probably close. The viewpoint is on a rock outcropping, and it was a bit dicey walking around on it. I could not get any closer to the ledge, as the rocks and snow were quite slippery and dangerous. After enjoying this waterfall, I scrambled up to the top of the cliff, where I found some more nice waterfalls up above.
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