Franklin Falls - Winter, Franklin Falls — Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025

Spoke with the climbers in my photos and they said this was a rare opportunity to climb the middle section of the falls versus on the rock walls to the left or to the right, so now is probably the peak time to go see the falls frozen if you can.   I was just going to do an update to my trip report from Feb 10 (yeah just three days ago, but so worth the drive out again). Today was overcast with light to moderate snowing. Blows my mind how single digit lows over the past few days has made the falls a curtain of ice from what I saw on Monday and the pool of water disappear overnight from what I saw in a Tuesday report. In fact, it was very mesmerizing watching water flow out from the impact hole, try to travel downstream over the ice and snow, and not get very far before freezing and then going a different direction. If you see those little streams, watch them, and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Enjoy and be safe! As I mentioned in my previous report, bring traction for your shoes and your vehicle. You’ll be happy you did so.