Lewis Falls - Soldier Creek Trail: 15 May 2011 SUCCESS

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Mike P
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Since Bichota Canyon was a no-go, we had to salvage a trip somewhere. Norm and I headed up to the Soldier Creek trailhead on Hwy 39 just before Falling Springs. The trailhead is not signed as such but there is this No Fires sign:
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Two new cabins were present along the trail. The first cabin:
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The trail follows Soldier Creek. Many waterfalls can be seen:
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About halfway up - the trail is only half mile to the falls - the path gets somewhat more treacherous with lots of boulder and log-hopping and log-walking. It had just finished raining and the logs were slick! Thankfully, we left our poles behind because our hands were needed for holding onto rocks and branches
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Just about the time you start thinking "where are those dang falls?" they showed up. The water was roaring!
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Video: Lewis Falls

It took us ~25 minutes to travel to the waterfall and that includes time looking for the trail and looking at cabin ruins. Round trip is 1 mile. Lewis Falls are well worth the trip. Get up there now to see them full strength.
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Illusive
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Nice, I didn't even know there was such a beautiful water fall back there.
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Hikin_Jim
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Nice! Haven't been back there in a looong time.

I wonder why some people were allowed to rebuild. Must be private land. Leased cabins are generally gone if they're destroyed.

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