Slope forest

Figure 14. Slope forest resumes at the bottom of the falls. (Photograph by Dirk Frankenberg. More about the photograph)

Finally, the spray community gives way to the forests that dominate the slopes above it. A typical slope forest is shown in Figure 15 behind Turtleback Falls, one of the two cascades above Rainbow Falls.

Turtleback Falls is a favorite cascade sliding spot. The Boy Scouts in this photograph have landed in the water and are using a permanently attached rope to climb back up the slope for another run.

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