Wildcat Falls

Skamania County, Washington

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: 223 ft (68 m)
Location: Skamania County, Washington
Access status: Partial guide: long forest trail with fords; no distance to this falls
The walk: Distance to 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 ford of Siouxon Creek, a log crossing or shallow ford below Chinook Falls, a very brushy section, and a treacherous crossing of Wildcat Creek over slippery logs and rocks.

Oregon Hikers Field Guide: Siouxon Creek Hike

Wildcat Falls is the tallest waterfall in the Siouxon Creek drainage of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, about 250 feet in four drops. From the Siouxon Trailhead, follow the Siouxon Trail upstream to the Siouxon-Chinook Trail Junction, where the footbridge over the narrows is out. Oregon Hikers describes fording Siouxon Creek between the chasm and the mouth of Chinook Creek, then taking the Chinook Trail #130A up Chinook Creek to the crossing below Chinook Falls on a chained log or a shallow ford. At the Chinook-Wildcat Trail Junction keep left on the Wildcat Trail #136 and cross Wildcat Creek over slippery logs and rocks to the Wildcat-Siouxon Crossing Trail Junction. Head up the Wildcat Trail about a third of a mile, past Lower Wildcat Falls and a slide falls, to a sharp switchback below a rock face with a view across to the lower 125 feet of Wildcat Falls. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Siouxon Trailhead on FR 5701, Siouxon Trail to the Siouxon-Chinook Trail Junction, a ford of Siouxon Creek, Chinook Trail #130A to the crossing below Chinook Falls, Wildcat Trail #136 across Wildcat Creek, then up the Wildcat Trail to a switchback with a view across to the 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 distance from the trailhead to Wildcat Falls alone is given.

Long forest trail with a ford of Siouxon Creek, a log crossing or shallow ford below Chinook Falls, a very brushy section, and a treacherous crossing of Wildcat Creek over slippery logs and rocks.

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

Oregon Hikers lists the hike for spring through fall. The falls are best in the rainy season and shrink in the dry season. Stream crossings are harder in high water.

Before you go

Oregon Hikers says no parking pass is required.

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More waterfalls nearby

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

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Waterfall location

Skamania County, Washington.

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