Let’s visit one of the highest water features in the park accessible by trail. Along the way, watch for and admire several giant tulip trees! For those who have hiked this trail before, and for first timers, you will benefit from recent extensive rehabilitation that does much to smooth out the prior roots, rocks, and gullies that were for so long features of this trail. With that said, the uphill and downhill on this hike remains! On our hiking Saturday, I am hoping for an ideal combination of a dry hiking day and heavy water flow over the falls. Heavy flow or light, the waterfall is always an awesome sight to behold!

* Round trip on the trail is 8 miles with an elevation gain of 2185 ft, rated Moderate.

* To carpool, meet at the Cracker Barrel at Strawberry Plains (1510 Cracker Barrel Lane, Exit 398 off of I-40; park on the right side of the lot), ready to leave at 7:30am. {Drive: 78 miles RT @ 7¢/mile=$5.50 }. Or meet at the Ramsey Cascades trailhead in Greenbrier at the end of Ramsey Prong Road at 9:15am. The leader (David Liles) will be at the trailhead.

* After you register, please send the hike leader an email indicating whether you will meet at the Carpool or the trailhead.

* Leader: David G. Liles, tnyellowtomcat@yahoo.com, 865-274-8271.