Monday morning, we checked out of the hotel and started driving east. In Morganton, we took NC-181 north into Pisgah National Forest. Near Jonas Ridge, we took FSR-982 into the Wilson Creek area and drove FSR-197 and drove to the end. From here, we started hiking Greentown Shortcut Trail (#268A). In about 1.5 miles, we got off the trail and descended to Upper Creek and began to creek walk upstream.
There were some nice cascades along the creek, though they presented a challenge getting up and over. We spotted a whole bunch of little tadpoles in a pothole in the creek.
In about 0.2 miles, we came to the base of Raven Cliff Falls.
This is only the lowest section so we climbed up the rocks on river right for a better view of the falls.
Raven Cliff towered above the waterfall.
To get any further, we'd have to scale the cliff using a cable. It looked like the cable had broken and someone tied if off with ropes that were fraying. We decided not to chance it and go any further.
So we creek-walked back and climbed back up to the trail. About half-way back, we spotted some nice cascades and went down to creek level for a break.
A couple tiger swallowtail butterflies were flying about.
After a break, we made the short hike back to the car.
From here, we drove back to Morganton and headed home.
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