Yes, read the ones about Big Basin, Up waddle creek from the beach s. of anno nuevo state reserve, sta. cruz county, route 1

it is on a mild uphill abandoned forest road and then another path up a side stream. VERY nice place, redwoods the whole way except for the first 2 km at the bottom.

I thought there was a waterfall deep in the Ohlone Wilderness.

Is there?

Uvas Canyon is not to be missed (Southern San Jose Gilroy Morgan Hillish area), MANY falls there.

Alamere Falls at Point Reyes is an easy hike and the falls are spectacular.

There's a falls hike on the back side of Mount Diablo that winds around through a bunch of "falls" that are really just lovely little grottos that punctuate two creeks' paths down the mountainside. Lovely but not spectacular. The flowers are probably stellar right about now though...

The hardest hike I've yet done was to Murietta Falls in Livermore. AMAZING falls! Very high and dramatic but easy to miss and hard to get a good view. This is one of the hikes that did my knees in for good (well for now for good). If yo ulike a challenge, the hike is marvelous and the falls are a great climax. But the topography is M-shaped, so by the time you go out and back you have done four grueling ascents and four crushing descents.... Wow. 11 miles I think...

I feel like I'm forgetting something obvious...
Er, Arnold?

Cheers!

:)
MIke

I know it's a jaunt, but I loved Feather falls and Burney Falls. Feather is about 3 hours away in oroville and burney is about 4 hours, just north of lassen near the town of burney. Well worth the trek!

www.waterfallswest.com/ca_burney.html
www.waterfallswest.com/ca_feather.html

I hiked the Donner Creek Creek Falls (Mt. Diablo) last weekend (4/15/06) and the water was flowing nicely. The hike takes you along a creek, past rills, further up a canyon; Nearer the top, two main streamlets converge to feed the creek with many, many rivulets and explorable smaller waterfalls in between. Maple trees, wild flowers, views of the Bay, ahh. As for the mud... not too bad, the soil seams more claylike, so the mud there was didn't cake. Go NOW, while the nearly unprecedented Bay Area rains are still draining. Enjoy!

Map ----> www.waterfallswest.com/maps/m...blo.jpg
Directions ----> www.waterfallswest.com/ca-don...ls.html

I just visited a great waterfall at the southern end of Monterey County. Salmon Creek has 2 falls, one right next to HWY 1, and another is 2.5 miles up the trail. Silver Peak Wilderness, Los Padres NF.

In the Bay area- Big Basin Berry Creek Falls. Check out some of my pics. Awesome!!! Go in from the Headquarters -12 mile loop. there are 3 of them up there.

Also, Desolation Wilderness off the 50, you will find some. Trinity Alps= Cherry Creek(i think thats the area)

ZimZim falls north of lake berryessa and there is a nice idealic one on the cold canyon loop trail just by the lake berryessa dam. here is a pictures of the cold canyon fall. www.ezcomm.com/060324.1/p1010011.jpg not sure if I have one of zimzim falls.

either of these only flow in the winter/spring.