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Back To Lower Higgins Creek, Birchfield Camp Br., and the Hidden Lake – 2-3-2012

After our last trip to the Lower Higgins Creek area on Jan 24, 2012, it was decided that we would return there on our next adventure not only to show Bol’Dar the new ‘hidden falls‘ but, also because there are other waterfalls well above the Lower Higgins Creek Falls that are located even higher up the mountain beyond the turn off to the Birchfield Camp Branch Falls that we had not documented yet. We also had discussed possibly going to the ‘hidden lake‘ via the Birchfield Camp Branch Valley. Dave and Lou accompanied Bol’Dar and myself on this adventure and since they had already been to the hidden falls, they proceeded to hike up towards the unseen falls while we took the obscured old log road up to the hidden falls, and then climbed around those to the Lower Higgins Creek Falls and afterwards, climbed back up to the road where we would eventually catch up with Dave and Lou at the unseen falls further up the mountain towards Bearwallow Gap. It did not take long to reach the turnoff to the secret old log road where we parted ways temporarily.

Waterfall found way above the Lower Higgins Creek Falls

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Posted on 29 March '12 by RAT, under RATtreks. 1 Comment.

Lower Higgins Creek and Birchfield Camp Falls – 1-24-2012

This was another one of those places that I had not visited since at least 20 years ago, the last time being with the old Rat > Patrol Hiking Club which used to take this route all the time back then on our way to places like Bearwallow Gap, Rich Mountain, Wilson Knob, Frozen Knob, Big Butte, etc., as it is one of the most direct and easiest routes to do so. We never bothered to stop and climb down to the base of the Lower Higgins Creek Falls so I only had one primitive photo (taken with 110 film) of them (taken from the trail above) so I have been wanting to get back up there when the water levels were up to see if I could get some good pics. This opportunity came on a Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 when my waterfall friend Dave Aldridge invited me to go with him and Lou to see the Lower Higgins Creek Falls and then on up to Birchfield Camp Falls which I eagerly accepted.

Lower Higgins Creek Falls

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Posted on 6 March '12 by RAT, under RATtreks. 1 Comment.