A short hike near Wallowa Lake State Park, Oregon

We enjoyed a nice little hike one day, about one-mile in each direction, to Upper B.C. Creek Falls along the Chief Joseph Trail. To begin, drive to the end of the main road which dead-ends at the R.P.L. Power plant. The trailhead is on the left, and after registering, you’ll follow the signs along Chief Joseph trail. There is a bit of an incline in the beginning, but soon enough you’ll pass over a bridge,

up a few switchbacks, past some rock slides,

past a viewpoint of Wallowa Lake,

to the “end” of the trail – the waterfall. (There was once a bridge across the falls, but it’s no longer in existence, so this is as far as you can go on this hike.)