Mountains-to-Sea Access Trail (#358B)
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Mountains-to-Sea Access Trail Map
Route map of the Mountains-to-Sea Access Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...
Mountains-to-Sea Access Trail Map
Route map of the Mountains-to-Sea Access Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...
Mountains-to-Sea Access/Graveyard Fields Loop Trail Junction
The lower terminus of the MST Access Trail is here, where it departs the Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, via a long boardwalk, just north of Yellowstone Prong...
Mountains-to-Sea Access/Second Falls Spur Path Junction
A short distance from its lower terminus the Access Trail breaks left through the rhododendron, departing what is obviously a more popular spur trail to the right. This spur leads down to the wildly popular Second Falls, seen in the next pics...
Second Falls (Yellowstone Prong)
It's almost criminal that no-one could come up with a better name than "Second" Falls for this spectacular cascade. The wide veil of water rushing over the colorful rocks (which give Yellowstone Prong its name) is a sight worth seeing in any season...
Second Falls (Yellowstone Prong)
A quick vid of Second Falls, so-named as it is the second major cascade passed as one follows Yellowstone Prong downstream from its headwaters...
Mountains-to-Sea Access/Graveyard Fields Loop Trail Junction
The MST Access Trail as it heads north from its junction with the spur down to Second Falls...
Beginning things off with a bit of tunneling...
This huge boulder has a story to tell I'm sure. I wish my geology knowledge was honed a bit better...
The Access Trail follows a fairly even grade on its quarter mile journey to the MST...
The Access Trail as it nears its upper terminus...
Mountains-to-Sea Access/Mountains-to-Sea Trail Junction
The Access Trail as it arrives at the MST itself, its upper terminus. A left turn on the MST here would take one up along Graveyard Ridge and eventually to Black Balsam Knob. A right turn follows the MST down the valley of Dark Prong towards Skinny Dip Falls...
Mountains-to-Sea Access/Mountains-to-Sea Trail Junction
The upper terminus of the MST Access Trail as seen if arriving from the MST itself.
