Zoar Valley

A place to discuss waterfalls. Including the parks that house them and the hikes to get to them.

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No, I didn't. I was interested in the Zoar Valley trip and Secret Places of Wyoming County trip but something came up each day.
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We will have to get to one next year for sure - what say ye?
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I'm up for it
Spring outing anyone?
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Spring would be a good time to catch some water flowing on the many falls in the area.
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I'd love to go back there.
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I'm up for it. It should probably be late spring. (late May/early June) to let the water level drop off a bit. There's a lot of creekwalking involved there.
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Chris, shall we add the word difficult before the word creekwalking in your post? Like you said depends on water level - but water level determines how nice the falls look too. It is a catch 22. Too high and the creek crossing is very tough but the falls are awesome. Too low and the falls are almost dry.

The storm in August changed the creek some! Piles of new stones at the confluence.
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How many falls are accesible? I went late last summer, and only saw where 2 would have been should there have been water in them. Even then there was 2 branches that we couldnt cross or walk in.
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