Showing posts with label Teneriffe Falls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teneriffe Falls. Show all posts

Monday, January 30, 2023

Teneriffe Falls

We drove out to North Bend and the Mount Is Natural Resource Conservation Area to hike up to Teneriffe Falls from the Teneriffe Falls Parking lot. This 5.6 miles round trip with 1,585 ft of gain. We only saw about 12 other hikers today. Most of the trail is in the forest and there was no snow along the trail this morning.

We saw some large hoar frost beside the trail.

The first mile of the trail is fairly flat. We spotted Mt Teneriffe through the trees. 

There were a couple of open areas as we hiked up the switchbacks. Another local peak in the distance.
View looking towards the east towards Rattlesnake Ledge, and
Mt Rainier in the far distance (zoom).
We saw many icicles in the rocks and moss along the trail.



View of Lower Teneriffe Falls through the trees.

I went down a boot path, until it was too steep for me to comfortably continue, the lower portion of Lower Teneriffe Falls.

Teneriffe Falls was beautiful with the ice. As the sun was on the upper section, we saw several ice falls.

View of the falls from another spot

Panorama of Teneriffe Falls, the tallest drop is 226 ft, with an overall drop of 414 ft

 



Monday, March 7, 2016

Teneriffe Falls Winter Hike

 We decided to hike up to Teneriffe Falls in North Bend today. This is a 6 mile hike with 1,420 ft in elevation gain. The first 2 miles is an easy walk.
 The last mile is over rocky terrain and gains 770 feet in one mile.
 This is a nice second growth forest with lots of moss, ferns and large boulders.
 A glimpse of the creek along the trail.
 The trail steeps as it climbs up to the falls.
 I love the mossy rocks along the creek.
 Lots of variety to the shades of green.
 We did get some views of North Bend and the Snoqualmie River through the trees.
 Lower Teneriffe Falls
 Upper Teneriffe Falls
 We decided not to head up to the summit of Mount Teneriffe in the heavy rain today, but to enjoy this trip to the falls. We had some moments of clearing skies followed by hail and heavy rain.
During one of the clearings, we were able to see the mountains across the valley.