Ice on the Tellico River and Bald River Falls

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.

Ice and white water

Ice on the Tellico River

Caney Branch near the Tellico Ranger Station

Tellico River from the Ranger Station bridge

Clear water below a sheet of ice

Beautiful colors on the river

Frozen from bank to bank

Ice melting along a wet weather drainage

Still water and ice along the Tellico River

Turbulent section of the river

Icicles and ice flows along the emerald green Tellico River

Icicles hang off the rock ledges

A shallow, fast flowing section of the Tellico River...

...leads to a deeper ice covered section

A crack forms in the thin ice on the Tellico River

Ninety foot high Bald River Falls from the bridge

Frozen cascade beside the falls

Trying their luck at fly fishing

Bald River Falls from the end of the bridge

Two fishermen below Bald River Falls

Bald River Falls from the river bank

Bald River below the falls

Ice in the Tellico River

Fifteen foot high Baby Falls on the Tellico River

 Tellico River above Baby Falls

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/.