Depot Creek Falls is a 967 feet (294.7 m)-high waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

 in the North Cascades National Park

North Cascades National Park

North Cascades National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the state of Washington. The park is the largest of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. Several national wilderness areas and British Columbia parkland adjoin the...

, Whatcom County, Washington.

The falls occur where Depot Creek

Depot Creek

Depot Creek is a large creek in Whatcom County, Washington and British Columbia. Its headwaters are in Washington however, its mouth is in British Columbia. It is best known for the waterfall it flows over, Depot Creek Falls...

 drops over a headwall

Headwall

In physical geography and geology the headwall of a glacial cirque is its highest cliff.In civil engineering, a headwall is a small retaining wall placed at the outlet of a stormwater pipe or culvert....

. The creek starts off by plunging 200 feet (61 m). After that is a long slide of 767 feet (233.8 m) to the bottom of the valley

Valley

In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...

. Spray at the falls' base is immense. The average volume of the falls is 300-500 cubic feet per second of water, which flows over a nearly 1,000-foot (300 m) high cliff as a 125-foot (38 m)-wide river.

Reaching the falls is anything but easy. One has to drive up Depot Creek FSR, which is bad enough given the terrible condition of it before hiking about 8 miles (12.9 km) to the falls. That is why the falls are very seldom visited however, for those who do go out there and reach the falls, they will be treated to one great waterfall.

Nearby waterfalls

• Depot Valley Falls
  Depot Valley Falls
  Depot Valley Falls is a 400-foot waterfall on the Custer Fork Depot Creek that shares the same cliff as the nearby, much larger Depot Creek Falls, both in Whatcom County, Washington. It is 100 feet wide. It is at 48.97993 N, 121.28122 W.-Naming:...
  
  (400 ft)
• Lake Fork Falls (400 ft)
• Spickard Falls (600 ft)
• Silver Lake Falls (2,128 ft)