Late winter/early spring in the mountains is a wildly varying time of year with highs in the 80s and freak snowstorms. One pleasantly warm day we went for a hike with my mom up in Panthertown. Panthertown is a lovely piece of National Forest land straddling the border of Jackson and Transylvania counties. Called by…
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Frozen Waterfalls of Cashiers and Highlands
While the NC mountains are colder than most of the south, the weather is still pretty mild in comparison with the rest of the country. So when temps drop to the single digits, we hunker down, let our faucets drip, and dream of summer. But there is one perk to the extreme cold: frozen waterfalls….
Yellow Branch Falls
Yellow Branch is a gorgeous South Carolina waterfall about 50 minutes from our cabins by Lake Glenville, near the town of Walhalla. The distinctive stacked ledges of this waterfall jut out like oversized toadstools and break up the flowing stream into delicate, frothy spills. The hike to Yellow Branch Falls is 1.5 miles each way….
Station Cove Falls
Station Cove Falls is about 50 minutes from our cabins by Lake Glenville. The South Carolina waterfalls are noticeably different from their North Carolina neighbors (see Yellow Branch Falls and Kings Creek Falls). The lacy waters trickle down layer cake rocks on this 60 foot high waterfall. Its hard to keep perspective on a just…
Glen Falls, Highlands, NC
A Short Hike to A Pretty Waterfall On a hot day last summer, Mike and I took a short jaunt down the Glen Falls Hike, at the end of Glen Falls Road of Highway 106 in Highlands. It is a bit steep with many steps. We didn’t hike the full trail which is over a…
Fall Color Drive
Fall is my favorite season here in the mountains of North Carolina. The weather is usually crisp and dry with skies as blue as lapis. Once the leaves start to turn, the colors change almost overnight. On Monday, the leaves were green, and by Friday they had almost all begun their transformation. Brilliant yellow, vibrant…
Whitewater Falls NC
Between Cashiers and Brevard lies Sapphire, NC. Much like Glenville, it is little more than a few stores and a post office, but it is home to some of North Carolina’s most stunning waterfalls including Whitewater Falls. I have a lot of family that lives in Brevard, so I am up and down this road…
Hiking in Panthertown
After a spate of freezing weather, it finally warmed up for a nice long hike. Mike and I hiked in Panthertown, next to Glenville and Cashiers, NC, for the afternoon. Panthertown is a gorgeous and huge valley full of trails and views very popular with hikers and mountain bikers alike. I have hiked here a…
Silver Run Falls
Just south of Cashiers on Highway 107 is Silver Run Falls. This NC waterfall is an easy hike and very pretty. Mike and I went to see it during the deep freeze. If you want just want a quick and easy walk to a lovely NC waterfall, you can’t do much better than Silver Run…
Frozen North Carolina Waterfalls
There is a scenic loop drive that we take sometimes from Glenville to Cashiers, then we take highway 64 to Highlands and down the Cullasaja Gorge road. From there we either go on to Franklin or head back home through Walnut Creek Road. We expected the icicles and frozen North Carolina waterfalls to be spectacular…