Lower Snow Creek Falls is a 400-foot waterfall on Snow Creek in Chelan County, Washington, in the North Cascades region. It lies about 4.6 miles southwest of Leavenworth and roughly 64.2 miles east of Sammamish as the crow flies.
At 400 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Washington’s 941 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 83rd; the typical Washington waterfall is about 82 feet.
The North Cascades are a wilderness of jagged peaks, glaciers and deep, forested valleys of western hemlock, silver fir and Douglas fir, with some of the heaviest snowfall in the country. Meltwater from glaciers and snowfields pours down thousands of feet of cliffs in countless cascades and horsetail falls. Snow Creek carries 7 recorded waterfalls, and Lower Snow Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
Chelan County holds 183 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Careno Falls, 75 feet high, is under a mile away. Middle Snow Creek Falls, 35 feet high, is about 1.3 miles away. Snow Creek Falls, is about 2.1 miles away.
Lower Snow Creek Falls is located at 47.5384° N, 120.7110° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.