Whinnimic Falls, Alpine Lakes Wilderness

#40 among attractions in Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall

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Whinnimic Falls is a waterfall in the headwaters of Lemah Creek in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area. It is set in a narrow valley below Lemah Mountain. The falls are one of two in the valley, the other being the smaller Upper Lemah Valley Falls. Whinnimic Falls plunges about 350 feet off a vertical cliff, onto a valley floor dotted with ponds and grassy meadows. The stream heads in two tarns and the remains of a small glacier. ()

Width: 15 ftHeight: 350 ftCoordinates: 47°29'1"N, 121°16'59"W

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Whinnimic Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kendall Katwalk, Rachel Lake, Lemah Mountain, Chimney Rock.

5 miSW
Hiking, Outdoor activities, Park
Kendall Katwalk, Snoqualmie Pass
128 min walk • Kendall Katwalk is a 150 yard long narrow pathway blasted out of a steeply sloped granite rock face on the north ridge of Kendall Peak approximately 6 miles northeast of Snoqualmie Pass.
4.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Rachel Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
125 min walk • Rachel Lake is located on the eastern side of Rampart Ridge in Kittitas County, Washington. The lake is a popular area for hiking, swimming, and fishing cutthroat trout.
1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lemah Mountain, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
25 min walk • Lemah Mountain is a mountain peak in the Snoqualmie Crest, a part of the North Cascades Mountains, of the Washington state. It is located approximately 7.7 miles from the city of Snoqualmie Pass.
1.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chimney Rock, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
46 min walk • Chimney Rock is a mountain located in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of the Central Cascade Range in western Washington, United States. The mountain has two main summits, a northeast spire and a central spire, as well as a minor south peak.
2.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Overcoat Peak, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
55 min walk • Overcoat Peak is in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington. Overcoat Peak is less than.40 mi northwest of Chimney Rock and both are within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
3.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Pass
91 min walk • The Snoqualmie River is a 45-mile long river in King County and Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington. The river's three main tributaries are the North, Middle, and South Forks, which drain the west side of the Cascade Mountains near the town of North Bend and join near the town of Snoqualmie just above the Snoqualmie Falls.
7.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Daniel Glacier, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
192 min walk • Daniel Glacier is in Wenatchee National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington and is on the north slope of Mount Daniel. Daniel Glacier retreated almost 500 m between 1950 and 2005. Daniel Glacier is separated from Lynch Glacier to the west by a ridge.
2.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Overcoat Glacier, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
54 min walk • Overcoat Glacier is in the U.S. state of Washington. Overcoat Glacier is in both Wenatchee and Snoqualmie National Forests and flows north from Overcoat Peak and Chimney Rock. Overcoat Glacier descends from 7,200 to 6,000 ft.