"Beer Walls" Falls
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:38 pm
I don't know if this one has any other name, the ice climbers who climb it in the winter might have a name for it, but I haven't been able to find out what it might be. The "Beer Walls" are a set of cliffs that parallel Rt 73 through the valley between Giant Mtn and Round Mtn in the Adirondacks. The name was given by the rock climbers who frequent the area, so you can blame them. This fall only runs after significant rain, but it usually drips enough that by winter a huge icicle forms that sees a lot of action by ice climbers. You can easily see the falls from across the gorge, if they are running, with a fairly easy walk to the top of the cliffs from the roadside parking lots that the climbers use. If you want to get to the bottom of the falls, there is a trail down the edge of the cliffs and you can then follow a herd path through the jumble of giant boulders at the bottom of the gorge to the other side where you better have a wide angle lens to catch just the bottom section of the falls, because there's no room to back into the trees very far.
This document is the rock climber's guide to the beer walls, but the map in it can be useful for anyone who wants to see the falls. Remember, if it didn't rain a lot the day before you get there, you'll probably not see much.
Google Map
This document is the rock climber's guide to the beer walls, but the map in it can be useful for anyone who wants to see the falls. Remember, if it didn't rain a lot the day before you get there, you'll probably not see much.
Google Map