The RRG area got a lot of wind damage, tons of trees down. All of the major forest service roads are currently closed as well as many trails and Koomer Ridge Campground.

Yes. Take Bison Way to the Sheltowee Trace. Take a left on the ST back toward the river until you reach the cutoff for Indian Staircase. After climbing the staircase there’s trails that follow around the cliffline that’ll loop you back around to the Sheltowee Trace(make a left) not far from Indian Arch. Then just follow the ST back to Bison Way. It’s a ‘lollipop loop’ instead of a big circle. You’ll be on the same section of trail from Bison Way to Indian Staircase trail twice.

It’s an awesome place!

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Should be a very easy creek crossing right now, I’d be surprised if there’s anywhere at that crossing that would even get you laces wet. Be sure to checkout the overlook on top!

It was an early start and still early so maybe I was sleep walking/talking 😅😂

Thanks my friend! Same here, wish it was a little closer so I could visit more often!

It was a good day! Thanks for watching!!

One of my favorite spots!

Yessir! One of my faves!

Yessir, better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it lol

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Dang that sucks. It’s hard to keep trash away tho, probably the same people that used the spray paint. Been a while since I’ve been there, I’ll have to revisit soon, thanks for the heads up. Also I appreciate that, thanks for watching!

It was definitely a nice Fall teaser, I’m ready for it to be more like that every day! Thanks for watching Mark!

Yep right there! For sure gotta watch out, especially on ridge tops, until it starts getting cold enough to frost. Thanks for watching!

Same here! Those are good ones when it’s warm too cause air pulls through there like a wind tunnel. Thanks for watching!

It’s definitely worth a visit! Thanks and thanks for watching!

Thanks!! And thanks for watching as always!

A lot of things to see in the area! Thanks for watching!

I love me some orchids! Thanks for watching!

Yessir, Thanks man! Hope recovery is going well my friend, get healed up for Fall and some trail time!

Gnats and flies was super aggravating, not really that many mosquitoes. There’s another one close to Mystery Falls called Garner Branch Falls. You could hit both of them on the same trip!

Thanks Greg!!

Same here, I don’t look forward to all the traffic but I can’t wait to see the woods full of color!

Yessir!!

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I figure they’re in the same family as ticks they’re just super tiny and a nuisance. We have deer ticks too, in abundance. Hope you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!

Thanks man!

Thanks and thanks for watching!

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Thanks! Yep, unfortunately with Kentucky we wind up with about 5 months of hot and humid.

Born in Kentucky, raised in New Orleans. Ky knows nothing of humidity you speak of lol. Besutiful parks and state, but havent been back to my fallen city of Louisville in 20 plus years and dont plan on it. Would love going to some of these parks though.

@@ButterFadeGolf Well I’m originally from Utah which is a very dry state so yes, it’s very humid to me.

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You’re right, I hate that people do that, they don’t deserve nature. Split Bow is an awesome arch and a big one.

Split Bow is a nice one, definitely worth visiting. I try to show a little bit of everything instead of just the main attractions because I’m sure some people are like me and like all things nature! Thanks for watching!

BSF has a lot of great spots and usually not many people on trail. Thanks for watching!

Yessir! I hope we start getting some rain that way we will have some nice Fall colors come October! Glad you enjoy them, thanks for watching!

Split Bow is a nice one and it’s just a short hike to it. Blue Heron is just down the road and worth checking out too. Idk about you but I’m ready for Fall! I hate this heat! Thanks Mark and thanks for watchin!

Thanks Jim! It’d been on my to do list for a long time. The bad part about the hike in in the dark is you don’t see the spiderwebs until you’re already in most of them lol

Thanks! It’s one of the best hikes in the gorge, especially after good rain.

Plan on doing a video to Red Byrd when the cold months get here. The best/easiest route is from Calaboose Ridge. I think the unofficial trailhead shows up on Google. A lot of the hike is following old road beds but be prepared for lots of downfall. Have a good map or gps, you follow the ridge all the way out until you’re close to the arch, then you head downhill to it. There’s a user trail, not sure how worn it is, I’ve not been there in about a year.

@@ExploringWithDRob thank you very much that will help me a lot to find it, i been going to the gorge for years now, still a lot of arches ain't seen yet that I'd love to see, wanna see the Indian arch and adenas arch but my wife has ankle issues and she can't do the Indian staircase, can i ask if there's another way to Indian arch without going up Indian staircase so she can see it, and do you have any idea if they've decommissioned the cloud splitter yet really wanted to see that before they did, my wife refuses that one 🤣🤣🤣 but that one's gonna be a treat to myself if they didn't decommissioned it yet, it really makes me sad that some people can't go and see this magnificent place without causing destruction, and or leaving graffiti on these rocks, like you said in you're video they are an eyesore and takes the essence of the naturallity out of what one should see, and leaving trash they're the reasons these amazing places are getting closed, thank you a lot for the reply and the help on directions on the red Byrd, I've watched all you videos and I have them saved on playlists, they've been more helpful finding these spots than any other resources because you take time to point out every detail, things to look for to guide ones adventure, and looking forward to another video, have a good one I'll speak to you if i ever run into ya on one of the trails,🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

To my knowledge, CloudSplitter is still accessible, heavily trafficked trail up to it. To get to Indian Arch, start at Bison Way trailhead. Take it til it intersects with the Sheltowee Trace. At that intersection you’ll see a sign that points right to corner ridge and left to the Red River. Make a left and follow the Sheltowee towards the Red River. Indian Arch is right along the trail roughly 1.5 miles from that intersection. To get to Adena Arch, follow the Sheltowee Trace past Indian Arch to the top of the hill. The Sheltowee will continue to the right. But to get to Adena Arch, you’ll see a heavily trafficked user trail to the left. Follow that trail out to Adena Arch. Afterwards, follow that trail back out to the Sheltowee and then just follow the trail out the same way you came in, make an out and back trip out of it. Hope that helped. And appreciate you watching/enjoying the videos, thanks for watching!

@@ExploringWithDRob your welcome! It most certainly helped that was more info than I could find anywhere else much appreciated have a good one 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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I hashtag #Hike(Number) on Facebook posts. Then I’ll say something about my hike that day in the post as well. I don’t keep up with any other stats like miles or anything tho.

Nice running into y’all and chattin for a few. Hope y’all had a good hike! Appreciate it man, thanks for watching!

Glad my videos help you take a walk down memory lane and still get to see the beauty that’s out there! Thanks for watching!

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Thank you very much, I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!