1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 0.9 miSharp right onto Old Mortimer Road, heading S.
3. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
4. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
5. 1.2 miBear right onto Headquarters Mountain Trail, heading SE.
6. 1.2 miSharp left onto Dixon Springs, heading SE.
7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
8. 1 miTurn left onto Headquarters Mountain Trail, heading E.
9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Harper Creek Trail, heading E.
10. 1.4 miPass Upper South Harper Creek Falls.
11. 50 ftPass South Harper Creek Falls.
12. 1.5 miReach South Harper Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
13. 2.9 miTurn left onto Headquarters Mountain Trail, heading SW.
14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
15. 1 miTurn left onto Dixon Springs, heading W.
16. 50 ftSharp right onto Headquarters Mountain Trail, heading SW.
17. 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
18. 1.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
19. 0.4 miBear right onto Old Mortimer Road, heading NE.
20. 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
21. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/south-harper-creek-falls-upper-south-harper-creek-falls-out-back-5-sights-25-km