Becky and I went to a talk at our local bookstore by a man who has written a guidebook to local parks and trails. Spurred on by pictures of beautiful vistas and waterfalls, we decided to check out one of the larger and more easily accessible (especially with so much snow still around) waterfalls . On April 6th we drove out to nearby (38mi) Snoqualmie Falls. There had been a fair amount of rain recently and we were hoping that that combined with snow melt would make for some raging falls. We were wrong on that part, but it still ended up being a nice trip.
The falls are 270ft high, and are the site of the world's first completely underground power plant, which was built in 1898. In the upper left portion of the photo you can see the Salish Lodge, which has a nice view of the falls to accompany its expensive rooms and supposedly delicious (though overpriced for our tastes, even if they do
drizzle honey from high to mimic the falls) breakfast.
There is a second power plant that was built in 1910, and in order to get to the bottom part of the falls you have to work your way through a fenced in portion of the trail that crosses behind the plant. As you pass through this portion, you can feel the ground rumbling and hear the water as it rushes down the massive pipes under your feet.
When the water flow is low, as it was when we were there, you can ramble along the river bed to get a closer look at the falls.
The trail between the top and bottom viewpoint for the falls is about a half mile hike, and there is some fairly nice scenery along the way
The falls are 270ft high, and are the site of the world's first completely underground power plant, which was built in 1898. In the upper left portion of the photo you can see the Salish Lodge, which has a nice view of the falls to accompany its expensive rooms and supposedly delicious (though overpriced for our tastes, even if they do drizzle honey from high to mimic the falls) breakfast.
There is a second power plant that was built in 1910, and in order to get to the bottom part of the falls you have to work your way through a fenced in portion of the trail that crosses behind the plant. As you pass through this portion, you can feel the ground rumbling and hear the water as it rushes down the massive pipes under your feet.
When the water flow is low, as it was when we were there, you can ramble along the river bed to get a closer look at the falls.
The trail between the top and bottom viewpoint for the falls is about a half mile hike, and there is some fairly nice scenery along the way
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