Christine Falls (Mt Rainier National Park, Washington, USA)

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Christine Falls

Christine Falls is probably going to be the first waterfall you'll encounter after passing through the Nisqually Entrance of Mt Rainier National Park.

That's because the road between Nisqually Entrance and Paradise crosses over Van Trump Creek between the upper and lower tiers of this waterfall. There's a short paved trail leading to the lower viewpoint where you can see the main tier of the falls plunging beneath the Nisqually-Paradise Road as photographed above. It's also possible to carefully walk onto the bridge and get frontal views of the upper tiers of the falls though I've witnessed plenty of motorists just stop on the bridge and take photos if no one other cars are on the road.

We actually stumbled upon this waterfall after overshooting the trailhead for Comet Falls. In fact, the Comet Falls trail has a footbridge that traverses Van Trump Creek upstream from the road bridge between even more cascades, which I believe should also belong to Christine Falls.

Directions: There are a pair of pullouts on both sides of the bridge over the falls just a little over a quarter mile east of the Comet Falls Trailhead (see Comet Falls page for more details).

The pullout east of the bridge is the larger one and can accommodate at least a half-dozen cars, I think.

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Signpost pointing the way to the lower viewpoint

The larger pullout

The upper tiers as seen from the road bridge

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Bottom up sweep from the lower viewpoint

Top down sweep from the footbridge crossing Van Trump Creek showing upper cascades upstream and more cascades as it continues downstream towards the main part of Christine Falls (not seen from here)

Fixated on the falls in motion from the lower viewing deck

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For more information about our experiences with this waterfall, check out the following travel stories.

August 25, 2011

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