South Carolina-Foothills Trail Planning

[Clisbyclark]

[QUOTE=swampfox;1961813]Heads up!
NOTICE: The first bridge above Virginia Hawkins Falls has been badly damaged by a fallen tree and is impassable. Until a reroute can be determined it will be necessary to wade / rockhop across Laurel Fork Creek at this point. As soon as a reroute can be determined, signage will be put in place to direct hikers.




Thanks for the update! Headed up there in about a month!

[MDCrab]

Heads up!
NOTICE: The first bridge above Virginia Hawkins Falls has been badly damaged by a fallen tree and is impassable. Until a reroute can be determined it will be necessary to wade / rockhop across Laurel Fork Creek at this point. As soon as a reroute can be determined, signage will be put in place to direct hikers.


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Saw this yesterday on the Foothills trail website. Guess I'm going to get my feet wet. LOL. Thanks again for all your help.

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[swampfox]

Video of the damaged bridge and trail detour at Virginia Hawkins Falls.

https://youtu.be/_z7BOxTFn6M


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[MDCrab]

Video of the damaged bridge and trail detour at Virginia Hawkins Falls.

https://youtu.be/_z7BOxTFn6M


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I'm so stoked to go see the trail and the falls. One more week! So thankful for all the love and dedication put in by the trail teams.

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[agleason]

Hey Swampfox! I took your advise and got back on Hammock Forums. Thanks so much for starting this great thread about the Foothills Trail! Excellent work and a great resource for the community here. Again, it was so great to meet you and do some hiking together!

[agleason]

This was already one of my favorite campsites.
If you’re planning to hike this trail, you’ll want to camp here.

FTC Volunteers Upgrade another Campsite
On a drizzly Saturday morning ( 2/23 ) that most folks would choose to sleep in, 17 hardy FTC volunteers hiked in to upgrade another campsite area on the Foothills Trail. Led by Andrew Gleason, FTC Maintenance Coordinator, and assisted by veteran FTC maintainers, Jerry Harvey and Steve Pagano, the volunteers carried in lumber, tools, and other materials to a well-used campsite not far from Virginia Hawkins Falls. They removed ugly fire ring debris, installed several benches, placed a metal fire-ring / grill, erected a bear bag cable system, and put in a sign post for the “ Virginia Hawkins Campsite “. Many thanks to them for a job well done!!



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Here is the video of the Virginia Hawkins campsite rebuild Swampfox mentioned...

https://youtu.be/Pj6eSIhOTNA

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