We drove the scenic River Road from the Cherohala Skyway to Bald River Falls and Baby Falls on the first day of February 2014. We stopped several times to marvel at the ice formations along the Tellico River on the way to the falls.
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| Ice and white water |
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| Ice on the Tellico River |
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| Caney Branch near the Tellico Ranger Station |
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| Tellico River from the Ranger Station bridge |
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| Clear water below a sheet of ice |
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| Beautiful colors on the river |
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| Frozen from bank to bank |
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| Ice melting along a wet weather drainage |
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| Still water and ice along the Tellico River |
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| Turbulent section of the river |
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| Icicles and ice flows along the emerald green Tellico River |
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| Icicles hang off the rock ledges |
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| A shallow, fast flowing section of the Tellico River... |
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| ...leads to a deeper ice covered section |
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| A crack forms in the thin ice on the Tellico River |
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| Ninety foot high Bald River Falls from the bridge |
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| Frozen cascade beside the falls |
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| Trying their luck at fly fishing |
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| Bald River Falls from the end of the bridge |
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| Two fishermen below Bald River Falls |
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| Bald River Falls from the river bank |
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| Bald River below the falls |
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| Ice in the Tellico River |
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| Fifteen foot high Baby Falls on the Tellico River |
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| Tellico River above Baby Falls |
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| Tellico River |
There is no charge to visit this portion of Cherokee National Forest.
The forest service website is http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/cherokee/recarea/?recid=35130.
The skyway website is http://www.cherohala.org/.
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