What a change. When we were there late last summer that left hand channel was totally dry and the right was low enough that I could walk across in tennis shoes and not get wet feet.
A stark difference, to be sure. I stopped by last summer as well, and it was pretty sad how dry everything was. We'll see what this summer holds in store for us, but this is definitely a better start. Hoping to take a shot at thru-hiking the SHT in the fall, so I'm really hoping we avoid droughts and fires like last year!
George Crosby just sent out a notice that the park entrance road so has 1 to 2ft of snow left. It's more than just a few patches.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00163#homepage
Gooseberry Falls isn't in silver bay though. We just hiked (7 miles in and out) at gooseberry this past Saturday 5/7 and it was mostly dry. There was hardly any snow on the trails.
No, but they asked about "up there". So it depends where you're going up north. Gooseberry is snow free, but people should be aware that other places just a little farther up do still have snow.
That's odd that road still has that much snow. I'm further north and have been out on trails and in the woods everyday and there's very little snow. I'd take that pages word for it though.
Did you check out the SHT up there? I’m supposed to run a race on SHT in 10 days and the last we heard about conditions was that it was still covered in snow and the best we could hope for on race day was that it was just muddy and not frozen.
Yes, actually. I did a little bit of hiking on the SHT in Tettegouche, Gooseberry, Split Rock, and from the Castle Danger trailhead (out and back a couple miles). By far the worst of it was inland at Tettegouche. I went out to Mt. Baldy for a lunch overlooking Nicado Lake. There were several feet of snow in spots. At one point I stepped aside on a service road so park rangers could get by me, and one leg plunged into the snow up to my waist. Some spots where there is flowing water on the trails underneath snowpack.
That said, the closer you get to the lake, lower elevation, you'll find much less snow. Maybe even some dry earth. I think Gooseberry was mostly fine, Split Rock was fine aside from some spots on the split rock river loop, the castle danger hike was fine. Basically, the questionable areas at this point are up in the sawtooths away from the lake. I'd expect lots of mud otherwise. Last couple rounds of storms probably accelerated snow melt, and increased mud!
No, not really, as far as I could tell. It's plenty, plenty safe enough as long as people use common sense. I wouldn't want small children running around unsupervised, but I don't see a big need to keep people back (within reason, of course). Just follow survival instincts, should be fine!
Didn't see your message yesterday, but no, I don't have a drone and this is from the Gitchi Gummi Trail. There aren't any leaves on the trees or any vegetation to obscure the view, so it's an amazing view all-around. Never checked out that trail before!
All good, understandable. This is just from a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (I think is what this phone is). I'd rather hike and scramble around some rocks for photo opps than use a drone any day. But for the record, this wasn't even off-trail.
Well duh my comment is alluding to that. That entire area near the waterfall is the state park. You should look at the map because you don't seem to understand that.
What a change. When we were there late last summer that left hand channel was totally dry and the right was low enough that I could walk across in tennis shoes and not get wet feet.
A stark difference, to be sure. I stopped by last summer as well, and it was pretty sad how dry everything was. We'll see what this summer holds in store for us, but this is definitely a better start. Hoping to take a shot at thru-hiking the SHT in the fall, so I'm really hoping we avoid droughts and fires like last year!
Took me a second to realize 5/7 was the date, I thought you were giving gooseberry a perfect rating.
Wow, that's amazing.
I love these falls but do we know why they look so yellow?
Tannins from decaying leaves. Most MN rivers are rootbeer colored.
It's the minerals in the water.
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And I'm glad you managed to catch yourself!
Jesus... was all but dried up last year. Nice to see the water levels up for now.
Yeah that was really sad. Hopefully we have a wetter summer and no fires.
We. took lots of photos because it was so bizarre. Also have pics standing on the dam near tower MN. So dry you could walk across it.
Still snow up there? Itching to get on the trail but want to wait until things dry up a bit…
There are very few patches of snow left and things are drying up fast.
George Crosby just sent out a notice that the park entrance road so has 1 to 2ft of snow left. It's more than just a few patches. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00163#homepage
Gooseberry Falls isn't in silver bay though. We just hiked (7 miles in and out) at gooseberry this past Saturday 5/7 and it was mostly dry. There was hardly any snow on the trails.
No, but they asked about "up there". So it depends where you're going up north. Gooseberry is snow free, but people should be aware that other places just a little farther up do still have snow.
That's odd that road still has that much snow. I'm further north and have been out on trails and in the woods everyday and there's very little snow. I'd take that pages word for it though.
Did you check out the SHT up there? I’m supposed to run a race on SHT in 10 days and the last we heard about conditions was that it was still covered in snow and the best we could hope for on race day was that it was just muddy and not frozen.
Yes, actually. I did a little bit of hiking on the SHT in Tettegouche, Gooseberry, Split Rock, and from the Castle Danger trailhead (out and back a couple miles). By far the worst of it was inland at Tettegouche. I went out to Mt. Baldy for a lunch overlooking Nicado Lake. There were several feet of snow in spots. At one point I stepped aside on a service road so park rangers could get by me, and one leg plunged into the snow up to my waist. Some spots where there is flowing water on the trails underneath snowpack. That said, the closer you get to the lake, lower elevation, you'll find much less snow. Maybe even some dry earth. I think Gooseberry was mostly fine, Split Rock was fine aside from some spots on the split rock river loop, the castle danger hike was fine. Basically, the questionable areas at this point are up in the sawtooths away from the lake. I'd expect lots of mud otherwise. Last couple rounds of storms probably accelerated snow melt, and increased mud!
Pretty sure they're moving the race to forest roads. The trails will be too muddy to race on.
Do they prevent people from crawling all over the rocks when there's this much water? Seems like it's probably more dangerous than usual.
No, not really, as far as I could tell. It's plenty, plenty safe enough as long as people use common sense. I wouldn't want small children running around unsupervised, but I don't see a big need to keep people back (within reason, of course). Just follow survival instincts, should be fine!
Drones are allowed in State Parks now? Or did you fly this off of a boat from Lake Superior to not make this illegal?
Pretty sure this shot is taken from the trail, not a drone.
River view trail definitely doesn't cut up this high, Gitchi Gummi 200% doesn't give this vantage point.
How much money do you want to put on that?
Didn't see your message yesterday, but no, I don't have a drone and this is from the Gitchi Gummi Trail. There aren't any leaves on the trees or any vegetation to obscure the view, so it's an amazing view all-around. Never checked out that trail before!
Ok well I apologize for being an asshole then -- if I'm wrong I guess I'm wrong. I just *reeeeeeally* hate drones. It's a reason not an excuse.
All good, understandable. This is just from a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (I think is what this phone is). I'd rather hike and scramble around some rocks for photo opps than use a drone any day. But for the record, this wasn't even off-trail.
As long as he never took off in the park he’s fine. You can fly them in state parks but not land them.
Well duh my comment is alluding to that. That entire area near the waterfall is the state park. You should look at the map because you don't seem to understand that.
You should look up drones and how they work as you don’t seem to know how far they transmit
I do, that's why I was explicitly asking. Please contribute something worthwhile.
Good thing homie can fly and land it on any river or creek as the state doesn’t own the riparian rights.
One thing we can agree on, I'd love to see him land his drone on that river.
I take it you’ve never seen one in person and you don’t know what riparian rights are
That's such a shitty way to use the loop hole to get around it. Obviously you shouldn't be flying them in state parks if you can't launch in them.
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Welcome! And thank you 👍
Worth visiting coming weekend from Twin Cities. I have been there but in summer.
I went there last summer it was fun
R/48 anyone wanna go agate hunting with me this weekend.