Falls Branch Falls

Cherokee Hiking Club
2349 Varnell Road, Cleveland, TN 37311

Trail Maintenance Trip
Falls Branch Falls Trail
Monday, February 25, 2008

The Falls Branch Falls Trail (FS Trail 87) is a short 1.3 mile trail from Rattlesnake Rock Parking Area off the Cherohala Skyway. The trail follows an old forest service road for the first mile or so, then steeply drops down the mountain side to Falls Branch Falls. The falls is about 55 feet high and quite spectacular.

The before pictureMonday, February 25, 2008: Ken Jones, Rick Harris, and Robert Thomas cleared blowdowns off the Falls Branch Trail from the Skyway down to the falls itself. It was a beautiful day, about 60 degrees and sunny.  The main project was clearing out a big tree which had fallen over the trail just before the Falls Branch creek crossing.

Trip Leader: Ken Jones 

Time Spent from Leaving to Returning: 4 hours (4x3=12 hours of maintenance work)

 

 

The after picture  Contact the Webmaster

Wow! It is all finished!

 

Cutting out a tree across the trail with a crosscut saw