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Lower Step Falls   (Confirmed)
   Skamania County, Washington

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Lower Step Falls is the second of two major waterfalls along Step Creek as it spills down the impressive Step Canyon below the breached crater of Mount St. Helens. The falls appear to drop about 100 feet and can be seen in tandem with Step Falls from most perspectives. We attempted to survey the falls in August 2011 but found that in order to view the falls in full a ford of Loowit Creek was necessary and we were not prepared to undertake the crossing. The falls can be partially seen from the Loowit Trail immediately east of the Loowit Creek ford but are best seen from several hundred feet to the west of Loowit Creek. See the link to the Step Falls page below for more information.

HISTORY AND NAMING INFORMATION

  • Lower Step Falls is the Unnamed name of this waterfall.

LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS

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Latitude

46.22674 N

Longitude

-122.18807 W

Elevation

4712 feet

USGS Quadrangle

Mount St. Helens 7 1/2"

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OTHER NEARBY WATERFALLS

Name

Distance

Step Falls

0.238 miles

Loowit Falls

0.55 miles

Middle Loowit Falls

0.557 miles

Lower Loowit Falls

0.984 miles

Toutle Glacier Falls

2.69 miles

Talus Glacier Falls

3.011 miles

Falls Of Abraham

3.901 miles

Ape Canyon Falls

5.127 miles

East Dome Falls

5.198 miles

Shoestring Falls

5.432 miles

 

 

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Magnitude

 

IWC

Unrated

RATING

NOT RATED

 

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PHYSICAL MAKEUP

Height

100 feet

Tallest Drop

 

Num. Drops

AVG. Width

 

Pitch

Run

 

Primary Form

Plunge

 

Watershed

Cowlitz River

Stream

Step Creek

AVG. Volume

 

Source

Glacier

Seasonality

Best Flows

 
 

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UPDATE HISTORY

Sep 30, 2011

Edited basic information about this waterfall

 
 
 
 
 

 

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