First Falls
Inyo County, California
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Inyo County, California
- Access status
- Partial notes: parking identified; route to a First Falls viewpoint unverified.
- The walk
- Distance unknown
- Ground & access
- Unknown.
Official notes identify First Falls on Big Pine Creek and distinguish day-use parking from the separate overnight trail start.
Plan your visit
The North Fork trail page places First Falls near the lower canyon, but describes day hikers starting past it and the backpackers' trail joining above it. A direct approach to a waterfall viewpoint is not established.
No verified distance for the waterfall approach.
Unknown.
Where to start
Day-use parking is near Glacier Lodge at the end of Glacier Lodge Road, reached west from Big Pine via Crocker Avenue. The backpackers' lot serves a different trail joining above First Falls.
Timing & water
Current access conditions unverified.
Before you go
The Forest Service says day use needs no wilderness permit; overnight trips need a year-round wilderness permit.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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