点评:Otter Falls is located about 1 mile past Seven Devils in the Boone/Banner Elk area off Hwy 105. The parking lot is on the left heading up and is fairly small so you may or may not find a parking spot depending on when you get there.
There is a good map to the left of the parking lot showing various trails in the area. The upper red trail is closed until further notice due to damage from Hurricane Helene but this does not affect your ability to get to the water falls.
We took the trail to the right and kept taking the right path when you had a choice to get to the falls. It’s a short .4 mile trail (one way), but like many trails to water falls, has lots of tree roots and would be very slippery if wet.
There is a wooden observation deck at the bottom where you can view the falls but you can also take a short path to the right of the observation deck to get to the top of the falls or descend the steps of the observation area to the left to get to the bottom of the falls. You can continue down from the bottom across some boulders to view more of the cascades below the falls. As with any water falls, exercise caution when walking on rocks as they can be very slippery and dangerous (even if dry).
Otter falls are a smaller falls but still pretty and calm and worth the short hike.
翻译:水獭瀑布 (Otter Falls) 位于 105 号公路旁的布恩/班纳麋鹿 (Boone/Banner Elk) 地区,距离七魔 (Seven Devils) 约 1 英里。停车场在往上走的左侧,而且相当小,所以您能否找到停车位取决于您到达那里的时间。
停车场左侧有一张地图,上面标明了该地区的多条步道。由于飓风海伦 (Hurricane Helene) 造成的破坏,上方的红色步道暂时关闭,直至另行通知,但这并不影响您前往瀑布。
我们选择了右侧的步道,如果可以选择前往瀑布,就一直选择右侧的路径。这条步道很短,单程 0.4 英里,但和许多通往瀑布的步道一样,有很多树根,如果路面潮湿会非常滑。
瀑布底部有一个木制观景台,您可以在那里观赏瀑布。您也可以沿着观景台右侧的一条小路前往瀑布顶部,或者沿着左侧观景区的台阶下到瀑布底部。您可以继续从底部向下,穿过一些巨石,欣赏瀑布下方更多飞流直下的景象。与任何瀑布一样,在岩石上行走时要小心,因为岩石可能非常滑,即使干燥也非常危险。
水獭瀑布规模较小,但仍然美丽而平静,值得短途徒步。