Another Team Waterfall Adventure Weekend!
Jones Gap State Park
Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area, SC
Saturday, January 5th, 2019
Danger! Men Playing!
Andy and I made our first attempt to find Headforemost Falls about 10 years ago. Shortly after, Darrin found my blog post which is what led to us meeting Darrin and eventually led to the formation of Team Waterfall!
However, all that time and Darrin still had not made it to Headforemost Falls. While the upper drops are part of the Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area, the easiest access and the Lower Drops require crossing private property.
Fortunately for this weekend, we were able to obtain permission visit this private property and check out all the major drops along Headforemost Creek!
Since most of this adventure was on private property, I am not going to post any GPS tracks or information as to the location of these Falls.
Instead, I am just going to stick to photos for most of this trip report!
The Middle Saluda River
Power Line Falls (aka Waterfall best viewed from the Road)
Group Selfie at the Start of the Hike
12 Went In (+ 3 dogs)
Most of the Group (except for Me)
John and Darrin
Selfie at Headforemost Falls
Headforemost Falls
Ziggy
Johnny
Daniel
Me at Headforemost Falls
Darrin
Andy and John
Darrin, Spencer, and Bob
Bob
Upper Headforemost Falls
See if you can find Spencer for a sense of Scale
In addition to reaching Headforemost Falls, Darrin (aka the Salmon) had another goal of going swimming in a Carolina Lake, River, or Creek every month of the year. All that was left was January! Mission Accomplished!
Darrin and Ziggy going for a swim at the base of Headforemost Falls
Andy at Upper Headforemost Falls
Waterfall on Headforemost Creek
Waterfall on Headforemost Creek
Bob by a waterfall on Headforemost Creek
Elliott and Rachel hanging out
Waterfall on Headforemost Creek
In typical Team Waterfall Fashion, the group split up into several smaller groups. Here is who I was left with towards the end of our hike
Bob, Elliott, Rachel, Daniel, Andy, Me, and Darrin
Rachel, Elliott, and Daniel
Bob
Small Tributary Waterfall entering the Middle Saluda River
After the hike, most of our group set up camp along the Hospital Rock Trail and enjoyed an awesome evening hanging out around the campfire!
Hanging out around the campfire
A cool tree and a starry sky above our campsite
Group Photo around the campfire
The Middle Saluda River the next morning
The Middle Saluda River the next morning
This was another awesome Team Waterfall Adventure Weekend!
My complete set of photos is posted here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8146392@N05/albums/72157705503092885
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