[2] The falls drop from Sulphide Lake (elevation 3,800 ft (1,200 m)) on the southeast side of Mount Shuksan down a narrow flume-like canyon to a broad basin below.

Because of the narrow, twisting shape of the canyon the waterfall is exceptionally difficult to see from ground-level perspectives.

Foot access to the bottom of the waterfall involves 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of off-trail travel in extremely brushy terrain and several potentially dangerous fords of a large stream.

This drop is geographically separate from Sulphide Creek Falls, and should not be confused with it, despite their close proximity and location on the same feeder stream.

From there, one must proceed upstream along the wide, rocky streambed, which continues to within about 1 mile (1.6 km) of the base of the falls.