It starts off by flowing northeast before soon turning northwest, being joined by the stream draining Mazama and Iceberg Lakes, and dropping over massive Mazama Falls.

Soon after dropping over the falls, the creek flows under Wells Creek FSR, and is joined by its only officially named tributary, Bar Creek, which at the confluence is actually bigger than Wells Creek itself.

The creek continues to flow northwest for 1.3 miles before it drops over Landslide Falls.

From there on the creek continues to flow northwest, but within a deep gorge that sees it drop over two more major waterfalls.

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