222 Theresa's Grotto and Grace Falls
Last week it rained four days, not all day, but I think we got just over four inches total. We’re still way below where we should be for average rainfall, but I have my hopes up that it’s enough to get some waterfalls flowing. I head up Cave Mountain Road, arriving at Whitaker Point Trailhead parking lot around 10:30, there are 10-12 vehicles here. I’m about 99% certain that all these hikers are somewhere between here and Hawksbill Crag. Grace Falls Ten or twelve cars is nothing for this big expanded parking area, it can probably hold close to fifty. Two years ago when I was last here (see: 161 Whitaker Point ) , I had recently read about ‘Theresa’ who had come up here in August 2021, to do some hiking possibly to the famous crag, but in the thick early morning fog, she became disoriented, and wound up lost down near Edgemon Creek over two miles west of Hawksbill Crag. terrain gets steep and rocky farther down ...