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WildrMan Bryan

This is the scene that awaited us at Greenbrier this morning as we arrived… it was a beautiful snowy mid-morning.  The high temperature changed rapidly from mid 60s yesterday to low 30s today.  Some great friends of mine invited me on this unofficial hike today.  I was signed up to go to Courthouse Rock today, but decided to go on this one.  Boy, am I glad I did!  One of the very knowledgeable locals, Tom Morton, who grew up in this area lead our hike through the backwoods of Greenbrier.  Normally, this would be a moderate hike, but the snow fall made it strenuous due to the muck and mud we went through.

Distance: about 1.5 miles one way
Elevation change: about 600 ft, slight until the last 1/2 mile.
Time: About 1.5 hours, one way.
Trail type: unmaintained

This is the objective of our hike, Bench Falls.
The cascades lead upstream for a few hundred feet to this beautiful 20-30 foot bench falls.  If you get to chance to hike with the locals, do yourself a favor and go!

Related posts:

1. Sunday 1/14/2007 Hike-Rainbow Falls
2. Wednesday 1/17/2007 Hike-Lower Mt. Cammerer
3. Hiking to Greenbrier Pinnacle
4. Thursday 1/18/2007 Hike-Ted’s Creek in Greenbriar
5. Tuesday 01/15/2008 Qulliam’s Cave and Courthouse Rock

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park , Hike Log , Nature
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Posted:January 16th, 2007