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Bridal Veil Falls is a 1,328-foot (405 m) waterfall that flows from Lake Serene directly to the South Fork Skykomish River on the creek of the same name in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a perennial 150-foot (46 m) wide drop with four tiers, two of which (350 feet (110 m) and 250 feet (76 m), respectively) are clearly visible.
The glaciers that carved Yosemite Valley left many hanging valleys that spawned the waterfalls that pour into the valley. Most of the waterways that fed these falls carved the hanging valleys into steep cascades, but Bridalveil Creek still leaps into the valley from the edge of the precipice, although that edge has moved back into an alcove from the original edge of the valley.
Bridal Veil Falls, Bridalveil Falls or Bridalveil Fall is a frequently-used name for waterfalls that observers fancy resemble a bride's veil: Australia
The Smuggler-Union Hydroelectric Powerplant, also known as the Bridal Veil Powerhouse, is an electric power generation plant and residence located next to Bridal Veil Falls on a 400-foot (120 m) cliff overlooking Telluride, Colorado. The structure is 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 stories on a poured concrete foundation with a wood frame superstructure.
Snoqualmie Falls along the Snoqualmie River Narada Falls within the Mount Rainier National Park. There are over 3,000 catalogued waterfalls in the U.S. state of Washington, according to the World Waterfall Data Base [1] This is more than any other U.S. State and includes Colonial Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the continental United States and the tallest in any U.S. National Park, at ...
Bridal Veil Falls faces to the northwest and has a crest 56 ft (17 m) wide. Bridal Veil is similar in appearance to American Falls, starting with a vertical fall of 78 ft (24 m) followed by the water violently descending the talus boulders to the Maid of the Mist pool 103 ft (31 m) below. The total vertical drop is 181 ft (55 m). The crest ...
[3] [4] The fire spread rapidly, extending from Bridal Veil, Oregon to Cascade Locks, Oregon before burning debris carried across the Columbia River to Washington. The fire traveled 30 miles (48 km) in 36 hours and destroyed 238,920 acres (967 km 2 ) of timber, about 12 billion board feet (28,000,000 m 3 ), in Clark , Cowlitz and Skamania counties.
Lake Serene is an alpine lake located in Snohomish County, Washington near Mount Index and above Bridal Veil Falls. The lake is a popular area for hiking [ 2 ] and fishing. [ 3 ]