Twin Falls
Twin Falls is the last waterfall on East Branch Salmon Trout River before it flows into the Huron Mountain Club. The lower drop is a powerful chute squeezed between two rock outcroppings with a weird, inverted-spoon-shaped rock splitting the current. A few yards upstream a small fork empties into a deep, dark pool. Both drops are surrounded by scenic old growth and moss-covered rocks.
Note: this waterfall is also called Hogback Falls.
Directions
Head west on the Northwestern Road from the Triple A for 4.8 miles to Dodge City, a tiny hunting camp consisting of a few cabins. Do not go north through the camp along the logging roads. That route crosses private property whose owners defend it, and almost all of the land along Northwestern Road is private. Start instead from the small Commercial Forest access point a tenth or two of a mile north of Dodge City, on the east side of the road, described in the Dodge City Falls directions. Follow the gated two-track east a little over a mile to the rock quarry, then keep north on the hilly two-track and take the sidetracks that drop toward the river. Stay on the west side of the river, as the Huron Mountain Club boundary runs close along the east bank. Give the whole day to this one. The round trip runs around nine miles with seven or eight hundred feet of climbing, Phil Stagg rates the hike extremely difficult, and the bushwhacks are thick with deer ticks.
Photographs
Visits
Seen in October.
At the base I saw a yellow tied marker on a tree branch, and taking the hint we walked towards it, bushwhacking through the thick woods, finding more beyond that stretched eastwards. They led us right to the Salmon Trout and a narrow, unique waterfall. Huge cedars grew up from the eastern bank and soft, spongy moss and lichens covered the rocky outcroppings. I assumed that this drop was Hogsback Falls; later I learned that this was actually Twin Falls and that Hogsback was further downstream, past the Club line.
Comments
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I highly suggest reading my comments regarding Dodge City falls for anybody attempting to visit hogback aka twin falls. Jacob's instructions here would take you across private property that is very heavily defended, shall we say. It is also possible to reach these falls by taking blind 35 to near its end and hiking in basically South then back North and finally to the West ending with a bushwack. If you are hitting the other two falls in this area it's probably not worth it, better to come in from the small access point on Northwestern road.
Thank you for sharing these updates, Mark. I (finally) updated both of the pages. Appreciate you!
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