Hiking Silver River Waterfalls - Part 2
This issue presents a continuation of our adventure to explore Silver River waterfalls in the highlands outside of Herman during last Monday’s heat wave. As I completed the last issue, we were working our way downstream from Upper Herman Falls where two impressive swimming holes are carved out of the rock below the falls. The second of these, pictured below, is located atop a sheer cliff over which the river plummets to form Herman Falls.
It is rather cool to peek over the edge to take in the view of the falls from the top!
It is much more impressive to see Herman Falls from below!
Herman Falls is definitely one of my favorites. How the river flows over the cliff is a big part of this; however, standing back and looking at this area from farther back (much farther than the perspective in this photo below) and taking in the drop that makes up Upper Herman Falls as well gives you the sense that the river flowing right off of a mountain.
A short distance away from the falls, we came across this giant hemlock tree which had an almost equal sized portion sheared off the trunk. It seemed impressive that this portion of the tree survived and did not fall as well!
As we made our way downstream we came across this rather odd shaped trunk which struck an interesting figure against the colorful canopy!
After hiking through the woods to short-cut a bend in the river, we reached the first of our final two stops on our hike. At Upper Baraga Falls we found a slide falls over a fractured rock face. There were several fallen trees which made getting a decent photograph somewhat tricky.
The river makes a hard left turn at its base then heads downstream a short distance before making a hard right turn and flowing over a cliff to form Baraga Falls.
We altered our bushwhack route on the way out and were rewarded with the opportunity to discover this really cool hemlock tree clinging to a rock outcropping!
The low angle of the late afternoon sun caused the fall colors to pop significantly! This caused a bushwhack we made through a dense young sugar maple forest to be a feast for the senses! We would eventually work our way to this two-track which led us back to where we started.
You can see my GoPro video from this adventure on the Remote Workforce Keweenaw YouTube channel at this link:
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