After some recent socal rain, I ventured out to see Glen Canyon Falls. A scenic 12 mile bike path and road follows the beautiful West Fork to Glen campground and Cogswell Dam.
Cogswell Dam Gate
Just one of many tributaries, full and feeding the West Fork
The side canyons themselves could be further scaled and explored.
Fresh minerals in wateral after socal rains.
At 6.3 mi, Glen campground comes into view, which can be at full capacity with scouts on weekends. We rode on past the campground to the Cogswell dam gate and then back to Glen Campground. We stashed our bikes and hiked up a quarter mile up the canyon to see the main falls.
Lush Glen Canyon
….and they were stunning….
From a certain angle, we were able to barely see all three falls at the same time. However I wouldn’t recommend climbing the side slope to check out the upper falls. The route is steep and loose dirt without hand holds. Dan Simpson wrote “Bottom line, I don’t think the reward of going past the lower falls is worth the danger and risk, unless of course, you have technical canyoneering skills and equipment”
Hopping back onto our bikes we rode back to our cars, admiring all these little fellas on the road:
Beautiful! Wonder what the access hike would be like to drop in up canyon.
I know! West Fork is just filled with so many hidden beautiful canyons not yet on rope wiki hehe!!!! #firstdescent
Missy,
Thank you so much for sharing this hike.
I went on March 24, 2019. The past few months have had some of the most rains in the past decade or so.
Because of this, these falls were absolutely phenomenal. The water was rushing really strong from all 3 waterfalls.
While the waterfall was the highlight, the entire journey was awesome, from the scenic bike ride to the exciting “bouldering”. Compared to Adams Falls, this hike was way more relaxed, but both hikes are amazing (I would rate both 10/10), just depends on what mood you’re in.
Thats great to hear Justin, I also went this year after all the phenomenal rain. It was amazing! I’m glad you get to enjoy our beautiful falls! More write-ups to come!