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A relatively steep trail with numerous spots to check out the falls.


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2.4

Miles

3.9

KM

Point to Point

2,824' 861 m

High

2,260' 689 m

Low

414' 126 m

Up

639' 195 m

Down

8%

Avg Grade (5°)

26%

Max Grade (15°)

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Features Views · Waterfall

Need to Know

Water depth around the falls is too shallow to swim. Stream crossings have bridges.

Description

From the Slacks Overlook parking area, head southwest, slowly descending through the forest on the White Rock Falls Trail #482. Within a couple hundred feet, you'll cross the drainage on a wooden bridge to continue parallel to the stream and lose more elevation as the water begins to gain speed toward the upper falls.

The falls are relatively small and dependent on the time of year and recent rainfall.

Around the 0.6-mile mark, the trail makes its first switchback to negotiate the steeper slope with a spur out toward the upper falls area. The next 0.5-mile section of the main trail is by far the steepest but is the only way to continue downslope as the rocky stream bed is much too steep and technical to follow.

At the 1.25-mile mark, the trail crosses the stream once again at the low point of the trail, before starting a gradual climb south and east to return to the BRP at the White Rocks Gap parking area.

Flora & Fauna

Mountain laurel, rhododendron.

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#325

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Jul 21, 2024
D W
White Rock Falls & Slacks Overlook Trail Loop from MP 18.5 > Falls > Slacks OL> Slacks Tr > Pkng. Water low, Trail & Sights always good on the BRP. 4.6mi — 2h 30m
Jan 4, 2020
Aaron Lyons
Jul 13, 2019
Lisa Gardner
White rock falls — 9h 36m
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