Skykomish, S. Fork

We had a group of about 20 indivduals who came out to clean up Eagle Falls on a Monday morning. We removed several bags of trash, did a bit of graffiti removal, discussed the pending arrival of a sandblaster, developed some ideas for improved signage, and engaged in planning for a larger public event next August.

The whitewater paddling community organized a clean up of Eagle Falls in 2017 but its time for another one.

Site visit with Snohomish PUD and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to Sunset Falls to review options for potential future public access.

The community bands together to take back a roadside natural wonder in Seattle's backyard. Litter and graffiti have become ever-present defacing the natural beauty Eagle Falls. Film documenting the event: https://vimeo.com/230931337.

Eagle falls is run somewhat regular by the local big ballers. Sunset Falls has also been run by Sam Grafton. Eagle falls is class 5+ and Sunset is a solid 6.

Site visit to the site of the proposed Snohomish PUD hydropower project at Sunset Falls.

Sunset Falls was successfully run by kayaker Rob McKibbin in 2008.

Kind of consequential for a park and huck, but a lot of fun. Line to the first ledge is very straight forward, anyone looking to run will want to hit that ledge a few inches to RL of where I hit it. This will make the boof come out a little better then it did for me. Hole at the bottom was pretty friendly when I hit it, but no guarantees (take as far to the RR as possible)...

The left line all the way down looks inviting but is likely seived out. In addition a reliable sources mentioned something about rebar somewhere in the rapid, so be careful.

A couple months after his successful run of Sunset Falls, Al Fausett constructed a new boat to run Eagle Falls. Australian swimmer V.P. Taylor came to swim the falls.

On May 30, 1926, Al Faussett (1879-1948) rode over Sunset Falls on the Skykomish River in Snohomish County in a homemade dugout canoe. The stunt, witnessed by approximately 3,500 people, propelled Faussett from an obscure life as a Monroe logger to a falls-leaping daredevil.