Cascade Lake Falls
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:21 pm
Looks like this one is listed in the main list, but has no dedicated post yet, so here it is, just needs to be linked. There is a picture posted in the discussion for Roaring Brook (another I'm going to have to do a major set of pics for) but nothing close up.
Got there last week, again, taking advantage of the rainy weather, though it was starting to improve by later in the week, and there actually hadn't been significant rain for a couple days. Of course, it had rained some, but only passing showers. We didn't go the whole week where it didn't rain at least some each day.
You park in the area between the lakes, there are boat launches (no motor boats, of course) and places to picnic, and the trail to the falls leads up from a swampy area on the other side of the bridge. The trail is fairly easy to follow, though at one time, there were many herd paths leading in many directions that could get you turned around. Just head uphill and parallel the stream and you should be OK. Though the lower part of the stream dries up and disappears underground, you can still tell where the channel for it is.
I've been past the main falls, and there are many more on this stream up the enitre side of the mountain. I did take some pictures one tme, but that camera got dropped in the river above Split Rock a few days later and most of the film was ruined. The climb is so treacherous that I really doubt I'll ever try it again.
Got there last week, again, taking advantage of the rainy weather, though it was starting to improve by later in the week, and there actually hadn't been significant rain for a couple days. Of course, it had rained some, but only passing showers. We didn't go the whole week where it didn't rain at least some each day.
You park in the area between the lakes, there are boat launches (no motor boats, of course) and places to picnic, and the trail to the falls leads up from a swampy area on the other side of the bridge. The trail is fairly easy to follow, though at one time, there were many herd paths leading in many directions that could get you turned around. Just head uphill and parallel the stream and you should be OK. Though the lower part of the stream dries up and disappears underground, you can still tell where the channel for it is.
I've been past the main falls, and there are many more on this stream up the enitre side of the mountain. I did take some pictures one tme, but that camera got dropped in the river above Split Rock a few days later and most of the film was ruined. The climb is so treacherous that I really doubt I'll ever try it again.