Feather Falls

Mar. 19, 2006. We decided to stay a little closer to home this weekend and went hiking in Plumas Nat. Forest. The trailhead for this hike is only about 40 minutes from our new house. Feather Falls is the 6th tallest waterfall in the U.S. We had great weather for the hike, sunny skies and temps around 60, round trip was about 8.5 miles. There are two trails that loop to the falls with several creeks and streams along the way. Also lots of very large Douglas Firs, Eucalyptus, and California Nutmeg Trees. Feather Falls drops 640 feet from Fall river and then merges with the Middle Fork of the Feather river. After making our way to the scenic view we hiked over to the top of the falls and had lunch perched on the rocks right at the overflow of the raging falls. I tried to get Tara to go for a swim right there ;>) but she said the water was too cold.