Starting from 3,902 ft (1,189 m) above sea level, Salt Creek Falls drops about 286 feet (87 m),[3] and this height varies little because the giant boulders at its crest have an even surface.

[5] Lava flows then filled in a portion of this canyon, making narrow walls composed of columnar basalt visible from Salt Creek Falls.

[4] The first recorded eyewitness description of Salt Creek Falls is attributed to Frank S. Warner—a resident since birth of Lane County and settler of the Middle Fork Willamette River valley[6]—and a Warm Springs Agency Native American of Molala ancestry named Charles Tufti, who reported the discovery in March 1887.

Past the picnic area is a bridge over Salt Creek that leads to a faint pathway where the trail divides.

Following the right side at the junction leads to about 0.2 miles (0 km) of a quick climb that ends in a wide view of the surrounding canyon.

Past this viewpoint, the Diamond Creek Falls Trail continues for about 1.1 miles (2 km) past Too Much Bear Lake and ends in a junction that leads to Diamond Creek Falls, which has access to its base over basalt steps, fissures and boulders.