Leon Turnbull Photography

After going to West Sulphur Creek I continued on to Mill Creek Falls, hoping to get there before the sun started blazing down into the canyon. I figured I had enough time to hit up both West Sulphur Creek waterfalls and get to Mill Creek on time. I figured correctly.

With rope in hand, and after getting down to the crazy waterfall on upper West Sulphur, I figured getting down to the base of Mill Creek Falls would be a cakewalk. I figured wrongly! I made my way from the overlook at Mill Creek down to a large rock, just above a 7-8 ft dropoff. There was no good foothold from here and even with a rope, it was just too much of a dropoff to continue down the rest of the way. The entire bottom area was all misty anyway from the spray of the falls, and I would not have been able to get a decent shot from the bottom, so I decided to just shoot from the rock. This is further than I have ever gone before down here, although it certainly would have been awesome to make it all the way down. Just a bit too crazy for my blood. Somehow, Mountain Goat Rob made it all the way down without a rope. I don’t know about that guy. He is a bit nuts. Will I ever try this another day? I don’t know, though I am sure I will be back to this waterfall again. It is a beauty, and it was flowing stronger than I have ever seen it before.