点评:My partner and I drove to Middleham Falls and hiked it without a guide. We mostly powered through so the hike took about two hours roundtrip, with a brief stop at the top to admire and climb closer to the falls. We are both in our late 30s/early 40s and fairly fit. The hike is a steady ascent to the falls and then descent back. We saw other couples and even families with children (maybe 8-12 years old) also hiking it. If you don't power through, it's doable, if you go slow and take breaks. Just know that it is a workout. When we went, it was "dry" season but some of the path was still wet and muddy. There are also two shallow creek crossings but nothing that upset our hiking boots.
If you have your own car, this is one of the few more challenging hikes you can do without a guide. As of December 2024, If you follow Google Maps to Middleham Falls, you will hit a rocky narrow road. Go down it. From there, you'll hit a housing (or hotel?) development that looks like it's being built for Hobbits. At some point, it will appear that the road dead ends into the housing development but keep going. You'll eventually hit a parking lot with a proper picnic/bathroom structure. The trail starts there. The trail is very clear to follow all the way to the falls and back. We had no trouble finding it without a guide, although there were several hikers with guides. When we got to the falls and scrabbled closer over the rocks, one of the other hikers' guides did tell us which way to climb when he saw us going a bad way, but otherwise, we had no trouble on our own. We didn't swim, as the spray from the falls was intense and it wasn't the relaxing swim we desired, but we saw others swimming. They said the water was cold and felt good.
翻译:我和我的搭档开车去了米德尔汉姆瀑布,没有导游就徒步走了过去。我们大部分时间都是全力以赴,所以徒步往返大约需要两个小时,在山顶短暂停留,欣赏瀑布并爬得更近一些。我们俩都快 30 岁/40 岁出头了,身体还算健康。徒步路线是平稳地爬到瀑布,然后下山回来。我们看到其他夫妇,甚至有孩子的家庭(可能 8-12 岁)也在徒步旅行。如果你没有全力以赴,这是可行的,只要你走得慢一点,休息一下。只要知道这是一项锻炼。我们去的时候是“旱季”,但有些路段仍然湿滑泥泞。还有两条浅浅的小溪交叉口,但没有什么能弄脏我们的登山靴。
如果你有自己的车,这是为数不多的没有导游就可以进行的更具挑战性的徒步旅行之一。截至 2024 年 12 月,如果你按照谷歌地图前往米德尔汉姆瀑布,你会遇到一条岩石狭窄的道路。沿着它走下去。从那里,你会看到一个看起来像是为霍比特人建造的住宅区(或酒店?)。在某个时候,你会发现这条路似乎通向住宅区的尽头,但继续走。你最终会看到一个停车场,里面有合适的野餐/浴室。小路从那里开始。这条小路非常清晰,可以一直走到瀑布再返回。没有导游,我们很容易就找到了它,虽然也有几个徒步旅行者有导游。当我们到达瀑布并在岩石上爬得更近时,另一个徒步旅行者的导游看到我们走错了路,告诉我们该往哪个方向爬,但除此之外,我们自己没有遇到什么麻烦。我们没有游泳,因为瀑布的水花很浓,这不是我们想要的放松游泳,但我们看到其他人在游泳。他们说水很冷,感觉很好。