McLean Falls and the Chute
Apr. 26th, 2024 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerHaving hiked all the way out to McLean Falls, not that "all the way" was very far (I think it was about a mile), we lingered for a while. Of course, with the beauty of these falls it's hard to rationalize leaving.
As I remarked in my previous blog, I didn't carry my tripod with me on this hike, a decision I regretted by the time I got to these falls, but I free-handed these slow exposure pictures as best I could. For some of them (I forget which now) I braced my camera atop my knee while sitting on a wet rock.
At the bottom of the steep hill below McLean Falls there's a trail sign that points to "The Chute" in the other direction. We saw it on the way in, a much smaller falls that we could really only glimpse through the trees alongside the path. "Let see if we can get a better view of those falls on the way out," we agreed on the way in.
While there no good view from the main trail we found a footpath down to the creek below the falls. It required careful footwork not to slip on mud and wet rocks, but we're experienced hikers wearing good boots.
Still to come: time for one more waterfall today!
As I remarked in my previous blog, I didn't carry my tripod with me on this hike, a decision I regretted by the time I got to these falls, but I free-handed these slow exposure pictures as best I could. For some of them (I forget which now) I braced my camera atop my knee while sitting on a wet rock.
At the bottom of the steep hill below McLean Falls there's a trail sign that points to "The Chute" in the other direction. We saw it on the way in, a much smaller falls that we could really only glimpse through the trees alongside the path. "Let see if we can get a better view of those falls on the way out," we agreed on the way in.
While there no good view from the main trail we found a footpath down to the creek below the falls. It required careful footwork not to slip on mud and wet rocks, but we're experienced hikers wearing good boots.
Still to come: time for one more waterfall today!
