WATERFALL LOVERS GUIDE TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: THE COMPUTER COMPANION

A Waterfall Lover's Guide to the Pacific Northwest 4th ed.
Mount Rainier
5 Nisqually River
Waterfall Entries (refer to hardcopy book for descriptions and directions; page numbers are provided below)

Carter Falls
Rating: ***
Form: horsetail
Magnitude: 61
Access: trail (page 96)
USGS Map: Mt Rainier West (1971)

Madcap Falls
Rating: **
Form: cascade
Magnitude: 22
Access: trail (page 97)
USGS Map: Mt Rainier West (1971)

Narada Falls
Rating: ****
Form: cascade
Magnitude: 91
Access: auto (page 97)
USGS Map: Mt Rainier East (1971)

Middle Van Trump Falls (u)
Rating: **
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 61 (h)
Access: trail (page 97)
USGS Map: Mt Rainier West (1971 nl)

Bloucher Falls
Rating: ***
Form: tiered
Magnitude: 54 (h)
Access: trail (page 97)
USGS Map: Mt Rainier West (1971 nl)
Update: The latest online version of Washington Place Names by Gary Fuller Reese, documents this official name. The name, however, was not listed through June 2008 in the U.S. Board on Geographic Names database. Unoffically called Van Trump Falls on page 97 of the hardcopy guidebook.

Comet Falls
Rating: *****
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 106 (h)
Access: trail (page 98)
USGS Map: Mt Rainier West (1971)

Christine Falls
Rating: ***
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 57
Access: trail (page 98)
USGS Map: Mt Rainier West (1971)

Tato Falls
Rating: **
Form: horsetail
Magnitude: 45
Access: bushwhack (page 99)
USGS Map: Mt Rainier West (1971)

Nahunta Falls
Rating: *
Form: cascade
Magnitude: 23 (l)
Access: auto (page 100)
USGS Map: Mt Rainier West (1971)

Others
The roar of Lower Van Trump Falls (u), USGS Mt Rainier West (1971 nl), will be heard on the way up Comet Falls Trail. A very distant view can be gained of Pearl Falls, USGS Mt Rainier West (1971) and Kautz Creek Falls (u), USGS Mt Rainier West (1971 nl) from Ricksecker Viewpoint. Look for tiny ribbons of white, which in actuality are very large waterfalls, below the glaciers hugging Mount Rainier. One can also gain a moderately distant vantage of Tatoosh Falls (u), USGS Mt Rainier West (1971 ns) from an unsigned turnout on the way out of Ricksecker Viewpoint.

Trailside views are not likely for East Van Trump Falls (u), or West Van Trump Falls (u), both USGS Mt Rainier West (1971 nl). Butter Creek Falls (u), USGS Mt Rainier West (1971 nl) is not accessible.

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