I decided to travel up the old Mckenzie Pass Highway this weekend. It was a beautiful sunny day, the perfect temperature for hiking.
I stopped over at Proxy Falls on my way up. This trail is an excellent place to go for a leisurely hike that leads to two great waterfalls.
The area around the trail is covered in lava rock. Somehow trees have been able to find places to grow between the rocks.
The first waterfall you come upon is the lower proxy falls. During the springtime these falls are surging with water, but if you visit here in the summer months the falls split on the way down. These falls are quite famous among waterfall photographers.
There is a viewpoint on the trail that offers and excellent view. For those of you who might feel more adventurous there are several scramble paths down to the base of the waterfall.
Leaving the lower falls behind, I continued up the trail to the upper falls.
These falls are what gives Proxy Falls it’s name. These substantial falls drain into the pool below, but there is no outlet stream. All of the water soaks down through the lava rock.
If you’re looking for a short but sweet hike, check this place out.