Lower Wildcat Falls

Skamania County, Washington

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Skamania County, Washington
Access status: Partial guide: long forest trail with creek crossings; partial trail view and no distance to this falls
The walk: Distance to Lower Wildcat Falls is not stated; Oregon Hikers gives 14.0 miles for the full Siouxon Creek lollipop loop
Ground & access: Long forest trail with a log crossing or shallow ford of Chinook Creek, a very brushy section, and a treacherous crossing of Wildcat Creek over slippery logs and rocks. The falls are only partly visible from the trail.

Oregon Hikers Field Guide: Siouxon Creek Hike

Lower Wildcat Falls is a 40-foot drop on Wildcat Creek in the Siouxon Creek area of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, below the much taller Wildcat Falls. Oregon Hikers describes the approach from the Siouxon Trailhead: follow the Siouxon Trail upstream to the crossing below Chinook Falls and cross on a large chained log, or ford the shallow stream. Beyond, the trail is very brushy. At the Chinook-Wildcat Trail Junction keep left on the Wildcat Trail #136, which rises above the creek and then drops to Wildcat Creek. Cross Wildcat Creek over slippery logs and rocks to the Wildcat-Siouxon Crossing Trail Junction, then head up the Wildcat Trail toward Wildcat Falls. On the way you pass Lower Wildcat Falls and a 25-foot slide falls, both only partly visible from the trail. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Siouxon Trailhead on FR 5701, Siouxon Trail to the crossing below Chinook Falls, Wildcat Trail #136 across Wildcat Creek, then up the Wildcat Trail toward Wildcat Falls

Oregon Hikers gives 14.0 miles round trip for the Siouxon Creek lollipop loop and says Wildcat Falls is about a third of a mile up the Wildcat Trail from the Wildcat-Siouxon Crossing Trail Junction. No separate distance to Lower Wildcat Falls is given.

Long forest trail with a log crossing or shallow ford of Chinook Creek, a very brushy section, and a treacherous crossing of Wildcat Creek over slippery logs and rocks. The falls are only partly visible from the trail.

Where to start

Siouxon Trailhead: from NE Healy Road and FR 54 near Chelatchie, turn left uphill on FR 57, go 1.3 miles, make a sharp left on FR 5701 and drive 0.75 mile downhill to a sharp bend. Pull off to the left; the trail begins about 100 yards down the road on the left.

Timing & water

No season limits are stated. Stream crossings are harder in high water.

Before you go

No fee is mentioned.

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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Skamania County, Washington.

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