LITTLE HARRISON LAKE FALLS
LITTLE HARRISON LAKE FALLS
WATERFALL : LITTLE HARRISON LAKE FALLS
DROP: 40'
WATERFALL TYPE: Cascading tiered falls
DISTANCE CAR TO FALLS: 4.6 miles one way
MAPS: IPNF-Kaniksu N.F., The Wigwams
GPS: 48°39’41”N 116°39’18”W
DROP: 40'
WATERFALL TYPE: Cascading tiered falls
DISTANCE CAR TO FALLS: 4.6 miles one way
MAPS: IPNF-Kaniksu N.F., The Wigwams
GPS: 48°39’41”N 116°39’18”W
DESCRIPTION:
To get to Little Harrison Lake, you must first hike to Beehive Lake on trial #279 for 3.8 miles.
Take a moment to enjoy Beehive Lake before climbing the ridge to the north. There is a faint trail on the NE end of the lake that heads north up and over the ridge. Carefully descend the ridge to the right (east) end of Little Harrison Lake. There is a trail around the lake to the flat granite slabs.
Above the lake is a nice waterfall that feeds the lake and offers great sound effects. Above the falls is the location of a plane crash that 4 people walked away from.
The background to the west is the famous American Selkirk Crest and most of the Seven Sisters, including the Twins. To the north is a high meadows that leads to Harrison Lake and Peak.
Retrace your steps back up the ridge and over to Beehive Lake.
This waterfall is very intermittent, so if you want to visit it, do it in the early spring.
Take a moment to enjoy Beehive Lake before climbing the ridge to the north. There is a faint trail on the NE end of the lake that heads north up and over the ridge. Carefully descend the ridge to the right (east) end of Little Harrison Lake. There is a trail around the lake to the flat granite slabs.
Above the lake is a nice waterfall that feeds the lake and offers great sound effects. Above the falls is the location of a plane crash that 4 people walked away from.
The background to the west is the famous American Selkirk Crest and most of the Seven Sisters, including the Twins. To the north is a high meadows that leads to Harrison Lake and Peak.
Retrace your steps back up the ridge and over to Beehive Lake.
This waterfall is very intermittent, so if you want to visit it, do it in the early spring.
DIRECTIONS:
From Sandpoint drive north on 95 to Samuel. Turn left (west) on to the Pack River Road #231 for 19 miles to Beehive Lake trailhead, or 20 miles to the Harrison Lake trailhead.
COOL THINGS CLOSE BY:
Fault Lake, the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge, the Purcell Trench, Sandpoint, and the Pend Orielle Lake.
HAZARDS:
South Route
From Beehive Lake the scrambling is serious but doable.
From Beehive Lake the scrambling is serious but doable.
R & P:
Jalapeños, Mr, Sub, Eichardt’s in Sandpoint
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