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The Summer Season Begins

As if someone flipped a switch, as soon as July hit summer seemingly did to here in the Pacific Northwest. While we were enjoying (or not) consistently mild, overcast and sometimes drizzly weather during most of June, the first week of July brought sunny skies and 90 degree heat. Snow in the mountains is still rather profuse thanks to the cool June, so the high country waterfalls will be flowing well for a while still, though this may delay the wildflowers a bit on the converse.

If its looked a bit quiet here recently, that's because it has been. I had little time to get out through June and I've added and updated the handful of falls I visited over the last month. The good news is over the next two months, I will be out in the mountains virtually non-stop. The bad news is you'll have to wait two months to see most of that content because I won't have time to deal with the updating, and when I do have time, I hope to be able to finish up the updated version of the World... [Read More]

NEW AT A GLANCE
Jul 21, 2010 :	Pringle Falls
Jul 21, 2010 :	Wizard Falls
Jul 15, 2010 :	Cayada Creek Falls
Jul 15, 2010 :	Chenuis Falls
Jul 15, 2010 :	Cherry Creek Falls
Jul 15, 2010 :	Confusion Falls
Jul 15, 2010 :	Feature Show Falls
Jul 15, 2010 :	Humpback Falls
Jul 15, 2010 :	Mossy Rock Falls
Jul 15, 2010 :	North Fork Falls
	More Recent Updates...

OLDER POSTS

Jul 15, 2010 : The Summer Season Begins
Jul 04, 2010 : Abiqua Falls is open again
May 31, 2010 : 3-months worth of updates
May 22, 2010 : Interview with Hike Yeah
Apr 01, 2010 : September Workshop in the Columbia Gorge
Mar 21, 2010 : Data migration over the next month
Mar 07, 2010 : Workshops filling fast
Dec 31, 2009 : 2010 Workshop Schedule Announced
Nov 19, 2009 : End of the Season
Aug 29, 2009 : August Updates and New Measurements

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The Pacific Northwest harbors some of the best waterfalls in the country, the continent and even the world. Find out which ones make the Top 100 list and which ones measure up to the very best of the best.

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Everything you didn't know about the world's biggest and best waterfalls. This is an ongoing collaborative project between myself and Dean Goss. The site features the most accurate and most extensive lists of the both the World's Tallest and World's Largest Waterfalls.

WATERFALL PHOTOGRAPHY

Waterfall photography can be a snap, but good waterfall photography takes practice. Learn a few tricks of the trade that will help you in becoming a better waterfall photographer.

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