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Martha Falls

Mt Rainier National Park / Stevens Canyon, Washington, USA

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Martha Falls was a waterfall that we got to see from a distance across Stevens Canyon on the southeastern slopes of Mt Rainier. Even though we saw a tiny trail along the Stevens River deep in the canyon from our vantage point, we had run out of time and weren’t about to go for a long walk going into the canyon to get to its base and then climb back out with darkness looming.

Despite the very distant look-but-don’t-touch view of the falls, we could appreciate its height as well as its context. I actually think the named part of the falls only referred to its last tier, where Unicorn Creek looked like it plunged maybe 125ft in the shadowy depths of the canyon. I’m sure the Wonderland Trail down below would’ve yielded much more satisfying views of this bottom tier alone as well as other waterfalls, but we can’t really say more about it since we didn’t do it.

Getting the full view you see at the top of this page required me to walk along the Stevens Canyon Road until most of the cascade revealed itself. This required some caution since there wasn’t much space on the miniscule shoulder of the road, which became an issue when cars were passing by. The official pullout with some signage about glaciers only revealed an angled view of the bottom tier and was far less satisfying than the view you see at the top of this page.

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Martha Falls November 15, 2012 10:21 pm by Ronald Grant - For a long time Martha Falls really confused me. I had taken pictures from a pullout on the Stevens Canyon highway and from the wonderland trail. The two groups of pictures were definately not the same falls. I finally got returned to that pullout, walked along the shoulder for a ways (100 Yds.?) and got… ...Read More

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