Gossamer Falls

Gossamer Falls is a 102-foot veiling falls on a small branch of Big Blowout Creek on the south side of Bessemer Mountain, on a parcel of Department of Natural Resources land near North Bend. Walk up the gated Bessemer Road, which climbs gently for the first mile to where it meets the CCC Trail. Keep to the main road uphill where trails and spurs branch off. About a mile and three-quarters from the gate is an active quarry where trucks and heavy equipment may work on weekdays; stay out of the quarry area. Continue straight past the quarry and up three sharp switchbacks to Switchback Falls beside the road. One more switchback and a fifth of a mile further, the road crosses the top of Switchback Falls, and Gossamer Falls can be seen upstream. For a closer view, scramble up the slope to the left of the stream and traverse through open forest about 300 feet to the base. The survey reports that a debris flow stripped the trees beside the falls and destroyed the road in four places where it crosses this stream, so the last part of the approach can be rough and changeable. Return the same way.