Proxy falls

I went back here last friday hoping for some snow or ice (there's a little on the ground on the right side). Hiked through a bunch of it but not much around the falls itself.

 

In case you go, there's a gate across hwy 242 just before mile marker 62. You have to park there and walk up the road through the snow about 2.25 miles to the trailhead. It took me just over 1 hour. The snow was hard packed so I didn't need snowshoes. You may need them if the snow is fresh though.

 

The hike from the trailhead to the falls took me 45 minutes. There was only one other set of footprints leading the way there when I went and they disappeared after a couple hundred yards. I could hear the sound of the falls and headed toward it across the snow covered lava field. The loop out was more travelled and I hiked out in good time.

 

I was a little concerned about finding a path out so I gave myself plenty of time to hike out and only spent about 2 hours right at the falls.

 

I stopped at Koosah and Sahalie falls but the snow plows had blocked the entrances.

 

This was taken with a Fuji g617 camera with Kodak 100gx film.

 

Ross Wordhouse is a photographer out of Bend who uses the panoramic format alot. Check out his shot of Proxy falls on his website. You can tell it was taken quite a while ago, there's still alot of bark on that big tree in his shot.

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