DuPont Forest - Bridal Veil Falls

On Sunday, we had planned to go to Gorges State Park and hike to the Horsepasture River and enjoy swimming and sliding on Turtleback Falls. Unfortunately, the water level was way too high to safely swim there this year. At least one person had died there in the past couple of weeks, so instead we headed to DuPont State Forest. On the way out of camp, Sandy and I swung by Catheys Creek Falls, just up the forest road from the entrance to Kuykendall.

It's a nice waterfall and Sandy had never seen it before, so we swung by since it was so close and easy to visit. After that, we finished packing up and met everyone at the Advanced Auto Parts in Brevard. Brit's alternator had died but luckily for her, Cotton was able to install a new one right in the parking lot for her. Always good to have someone handy with cars around! When he was finished, we all headed to DuPont and parked at the High Falls Access area. We headed out on Buck Forest Road across the covered bridge above High Falls and then turned right on Conservation Road and hiked down to Bridal Veil Falls Road.

Like the other waterfalls we've seen this weekend, it was much higher than usual. It was a bit harder to get out on the bedrock slope and much of it was covered in water.

But there were enough dry sections that we made it to near the top. However, at this point there was no going further. The water was fast-flowing and covered the entire width of the bedrock just below the "bridal veil".

It might have been possible to bushwhack a little through the woods and get behind the falls, but we decided against it. We just hung out here for a while, had a snack and enjoyed the view before making our way back. Justine and the others continued on to see High Falls and Triple Falls, but Sandy and I were getting tired and had already seen these falls so we decided to make our way back home after another waterfall-tastic weekend.