| Difficulty: Moderate |
| Distance:Triple Falls: 2.2 miles ; Larch
Mountain: 8.7 miles |
| Season:Year round for the lower portions
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Horsetail Falls
Directions:
From I-84, take exit 35 and follow it west, past Ainsworth
State Park, to a parking lot beside Horsetail Falls. Park
the car in the parking lot, and you're ready to go!
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The Trail: The trail starts out right next to Horsetail
falls and starts
switchbacking up the side of the hill. Once at top, the trail
levels out and turns back to the creek, where it soon plunges
over a rock cliff; Ponytail Falls. The trail then continues
through the cavern behind the falls. A little ways past Ponytail
Falls, a half-mile trail leads off to the right for a view
of the Gorge (Be careful. It isunfenced and a long ways down!).
Just before reaching the Oneonta Trail, the trail pases over
another waterfall.
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Triple Falls
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Just downstream from the bridge, Oneonta Creek plunges into
a narrow canyon, which can be explored from the oldhighway.
The trail then meets the Oneonta Trail. Take a left, and hike
for a mile to Triple Falls. The trail crosses above the falls
on a nice wooden bridge, with a little campsite on the left
side of the trail. This makes a nice turning around spot,
but the trail continues through the dense forest, eventually
reaching Larch Mountain.
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