Cynthia Falls / by Dave Hileman

We “discovered” this falls near the top of our climb up the Cathedral Mountain. I have named it for Cindy, who was always called Cynthia by her Aunt B and Aunt B would have said, “Cynthia, I don’t know if you should go up there.” But she did, a hard climb. We packed our bear spray, some snacks, water and rain gear and started. There is no trail, just rocks and at the end, 1.8 miles up and about 55 stories according to our monitor, a very steep additional climb up the soft and spongy tundra to a ridge. But what a view..

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