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Unnamed Waterfall   (Confirmed)
   Whatcom County, Washington

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This is a moderately low volume waterfall on one of the many streams flowing off the western lobe of the Coleman Glacier on Heliotrope Ridge. The falls can be seen from the climbers trail which ascends The Hogsback, but cannot be (easily) seen from the main trail leading to the Coleman Glacier viewpoint.

HISTORY AND NAMING INFORMATION

  • Unnamed Waterfall is the name of this waterfall.

Latitude

48.79278 N

Longitude

-121.87 W

Elevation

5330 feet

USGS Quadrangle

Groat Mountain 7 1/2"

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OTHER NEARBY WATERFALLS

Name

Distance

Upper Kulshan Falls

0.305 miles

Hogsback Falls

0.355 miles

Kulshan Falls

0.43 miles

Heliotrope Falls

0.79 miles

Rock Gnome Falls

0.823 miles

Roosevelt Falls

1.759 miles

Smith Creek Falls

2.027 miles

Thunder Glacier Falls

3.03 miles

Lincoln Falls

3.675 miles

Wallace Creek Falls

3.812 miles

 
 

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Magnitude

31.88

IWC

0.48  (Class 1)

RATING

3.04 %

 

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PHYSICAL MAKEUP

Height

125 feet

Tallest Drop

125 feet

Num. Drops

1

AVG. Width

20 feet

Pitch

81 degrees

Run

30 feet

Primary Form

Veiling Horsetail
 

Watershed

Nooksack River

Stream

Unnamed

AVG. Volume

20.0 cfs

Source

Glacier

Seasonality

Best Flows

 
 

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UPDATE HISTORY

Oct 12, 2011

Edited Waterfall Information

 
 
 
 
 

 

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