Zoar Valley

hobkyl · Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:11 pm

I'd love to go back there.

cbobcat49 · Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:24 pm

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.

Frank Broughton · Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:05 am

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.

hobkyl · Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:28 pm

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.

Jeremy_Martin · Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:01 am

How interested are people in visiting these falls? I am a member of the NSSWNY and was approached by one of the board members (also a photographer) about photographing these falls. I have yet to do it, but if there was an interested group I'm sure that after the spring runoff we could set something up. I personally am not to keen on them keeping everyone, even members away. Hopefully we will see this change in the future. Even without access to this property though, $10 is a heck of a deal for a family membership.

-Jeremy

cbobcat49 · Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:21 am

- but water level determines how nice the falls look too. It is a catch 22.

Yes, this is true about the falls on the north side of the main branch. There are a few falls you can see that don't involve treacharous crossings. Gossamer Cascade (my favorite in the valley) and there's another one across the south branch from Gossamer that I forget the name of right now.

I am a member of the NSSWNY..... $10 is a heck of a deal for a family membership.

Yes, definitely! I've been a member for a few years now. They own a few other areas in the WNY area that are interesting to visit.

Chris

Frank Broughton · Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:28 am

Chris, that is Buff Cascade: http://www.frankbroughton.us/zoarvalley ... scade.html

So a Zoar spring water falls trip is in order eh?

hobkyl · Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:51 am

Frank Broughton wrote:
So a Zoar spring water falls trip is in order eh?

Whats the word on this? Can we get a date in place?