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I ventured out to make it to Bee Branch Falls but didn't quite make it. So I left the Borden Creek Camping area and hiked on the west side of the creek. I think the actual trail is on the east side even though there is a nice trail on the west side. There were a few tricky places just because of the amount of rain in the area recently. We hiked the 2.5 mile to fall creek falls. The water was flowing great. From there we continued on the 209 trail to bee branch. Followed it for a short time and then split off onto big tree canyon trail. The water was flowing so it was easy to see which was the main creek when the creeks split. We found the big tree and nice waterfall and then hiked up the canyon wall over to the Bunyan Hill Rd (also part of the 204 trail I think). This led us back to our campsite at Borden creek. It was an awesome hike but the size and amount of trees down on the trail wore us slap out. This would be a fairly easy hike if it were not for that but with all those trees it makes it pretty challenging, at least from my perspective. We didn't have to cross any water that didn't have dry ways to cross via rock, trees, or a short jump.
I ventured out to make it to Bee Branch Falls but didn't quite make it. So I left the Borden Creek Camping area and hiked on the west side of the creek. I think the actual trail is on the east side even though there is a nice trail on the west side. There were a few tricky places just because of the amount of rain in the area recently. We hiked the 2.5 mile to fall creek falls. The water was flowing great. From there we continued on the 209 trail to bee branch. Followed it for a short time and then split off onto big tree canyon trail. The water was flowing so it was easy to see which was the main creek when the creeks split. We found the big tree and nice waterfall and then hiked up the canyon wall over to the Bunyan Hill Rd (also part of the 204 trail I think). This led us back to our campsite at Borden creek. It was an awesome hike but the size and amount of trees down on the trail wore us slap out. This would be a fairly easy hike if it were not for that but with all those trees it makes it pretty challenging, at least from my perspective. We didn't have to cross any water that didn't have dry ways to cross via rock, trees, or a short jump.
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Borden Creek, sipsey wilderness, Fall Creek Falls, big tree, Bee Branch, 209, Bunyan Hill Rd, bankhead national forest, alabama
Borden Creek, sipsey wilderness, Fall Creek Falls, big tree, Bee Branch, 209, Bunyan Hill Rd, bankhead national forest, alabama
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