| How to get where |
From the parking lot, it is a very short walk to the lookout, maybe 100 meters. But to get to the
gorge is an entirely different story. Getting to the descending point isn't too hard. Just take the trail that
runs along the top of the gorge. At one point it looks like the trail ends, but push a little further and you'll
see it continues. You should get to a point where there is a fork in the trail, one trail heading up to the left
and one to the right. The trail to the right is either blocked on purpose or by happenstance. In either case, this
trail is very difficult to get through, if at all and might eventually end and you are left with alot of effort
wasted with nothing gained. Take the trail heading to the left. Don't worry about going uphill, it won't last too
long. Following this trail will take you to a point where a decent path leads down the gorge. This path is hardly
worthy of an indolent descent. Take your time and be careful. Plenty of trees are around to grab hold of.
You'll know you are going the right way if you pass a large boulder that is on your left when going downhill.
The descent should take about 3 minutes or less. When you get to the river, you'll DEFINATELY want to mark where
that trail is. It may be impossible to remember after all you'll have to go through to get to the falls and back.
I took three branches and form an arrow pointing to the trail. I wonder if that is still there.
Looking upstream you'll notice what I was talking about. Alot of rocks, boulders and trees and you can't see
the falls. From the get go, I knew that keeping my feet dry was not going to get me to the falls, so I walked,
when necessary, in the water, being very careful of slippery algae and plant growth. To get to the falls, I needed
to walk in the river, walk on the wood, climb over the wood, climb on the boulders, under the boulders, and up
and around the side of the river. It took about 40 minutes up to the falls and 45 minutes back from the falls. The
effort is extremely demanding and open to serious ankle and lower leg injury if you take one too many misteps, which
you really aren't alloted many here. By all means, no children, old people, anyone out of shape, even anyone in
average shape should attempt this. If you have upper and lower body strength, mobility, flexibility, and endurance
then you can try. Just when you think the trail will never end, you'll look up and through the trees, you'll see
the falls and I guarentee that you'll take a picture of that from right there before continuing. When you make it,
be sure to stand beneath the falls. Very few people have done so and the geology of the site lets you do it. |
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