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RATING - 32.0
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 The three waterfalls on the North Fork of Index Creek occur in rapid succession and can be viewed fairly easily in a loop hike. This is not an official trail, and there are a few steepish spots, but it's nothing that anyone in reasonable shape shouldn't be able to pull off. The overall hike is a great one with three nice waterfalls and a total distance of around three miles round trip. It should be noted that the legality of visiting these three waterfalls is a little up in the air. In order to reach the trail one must walk across a bridge that says "Private Road and Property". I was told by a local that it's OK for the public to walk across and hike the trail but if you see any sign that you shouldn't be there, turn around. Anthology Falls is the uppermost of the three waterfalls and occurs where Index Creek takes a violent plunge over a granitic cliff. The creek drops 32' in a 30' wide display of whitewater. On my visit, the creek was running so high and the spray was so intense that it was really difficult to take pictures (the sunlight wasn't great either). With better conditions, this is likely a very pretty waterfall. I named all the waterfalls along Index Creek using synonyms of the word "index". |
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VR - 8.0 (Big) HR - 2.0 SR - 16/20 TYPE OF APPROACH - Trail DIFFICULTY - Medium LOCATION - Index Creek Road TYPE - Curtain HEIGHT - 32' * WIDTH - 30' |
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| DIRECTIONS - From Highway 2, turn south onto Index Creek Road just east of the tiny town of Baring. The road quickly goes over a weird, wooden bridge. A few hundred feet later is another bridge over the creek. Park at a pullout shortly before the second bridge, walk across, and find the trail on the left almost immediately. Stay left/uphill for 1.6 miles until the road makes a sharp right and parallels the North Fork. You can hear the falls from here. Scramble down the steep slope to the falls. |