Spahats Falls

Spahats Falls (I've also seen it referred to as Spahats Creek Falls) is a tall waterfall pouring out of a narrow hanging gorge and into a wider gorge. It's said to be 60m in height, but one thing is for sure. We definitely got a little sense of vertigo given how we were constantly looking down into the gorge from the fenced nature walk around the main gorge's rim.

The narrow hanging gorge from which the falls comes out of was what struck Julie and I as unique about this waterfall. It was almost as if someone decided to fold paper into a very narrow V-shape letting water feed into it just so he/she could watch the water coming out.

Adding to the mood of our experience was the presence of patchy low-lying fog making it seem like we were some place high up. It almost had that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon quality to it.

From the fairly big car park, it's merely a 5- to 10-minute walk through a narrow grove of forest before reaching the gorge rim where the walk then follows to the right eventually reaching the viewing deck. It's from the viewing deck where we were able to get the full view of the falls as other vantage points along the rim had various obstructions.

To get to Clearwater or get a sense of where it is, see the Helmcken Falls page.

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Looking away from the falls and into the gorge with low fog filling in the gaps

The short rim walk to the viewing deck

Looking right down into the gorge at the falls

Looking across the gorge towards the viewing deck

Looking down towards an alcove with some little falls trickling through it

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Bottom up sweep of the falls and the gorge it carved out

Fixated on the falls

Left to right sweep encompassing the falls while also showcasing the deep gorge

Bottom up sweep from near the top of the falls while looking downstream towards the rest of the gorge and the low-lying fog giving the scene a mysterious feel to it

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• September 19, 2010

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• Moul Falls
• Helmcken Falls

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