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Have you visited @amicalolafalls yet? This incredible state park is home to Georgia's tallest waterfall and the 3rd tallest cascading waterfall East of the Mississippi River. Amicalola Falls stands an incredible 729 feet tall, so if you plan to visit, be ready for lots of stairs! ⁠
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One of our favorite things about North Georgia, that never really gets mentioned, is the beautiful fields that lie nestled in the valleys. We love the views from atop our mountains, but these peaceful valleys are a big part of what makes this place special. ⁠
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We know that a week of rainy overcast days is kind of grim, but when the clouds break at the end of the day, we seem to get the most incredible sunsets. ⁠
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It's finally warm enough to start spending some af

It's finally warm enough to start spending some afternoons on the lake! The water is still a bit on the chilly side, but that doesn't keep us out! Your favorite lake shirts are in! Represent your favorite lake with our new Burton and Rabun shirts. They're available in-store and online now! Link in bio!⁠
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As we get back into the heat of summer, we wanted

As we get back into the heat of summer, we wanted to revisit something we see so often. So, what is a Switchback? It’s where a trail cuts sharply from one direction to another when going up the steepest grade on the trail. A switchback takes the trail and folds it back on itself horizontally a few times making it easier to hike and get up the steepest grades. Switchbacks are cut by the people who maintain the trails, which in the case of most hiking in North Georgia, is the US Forest Service and Georgia State Parks.⁠
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One of the biggest problems most trails have is when people jump off the switchback and try to blaze up the trail straight up and down. Besides hikers wanting to prove their bravado by making the hike challenging, these shortcuts happen because with switchbacks you can usually see the next section of the trail mere feet away up or down the mountain. So instead of sticking to the slightly longer section of trail that was intentionally placed by the trail builders and runs horizontally following the grade of the mountain, we decide to take shortcuts - ignoring the longer way and “skipping ahead” to the next switchback or fold in the trail. See the third pic with orange lines.⁠
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Beyond the fact that switchbacks make it easier to hike up the mountain, they are put there specifically to prevent erosion. The steeper a mountain gets, the more likely erosion will happen, particularly when you add foot traffic to it that loosens and wears down the earth. So when we skip the switchbacks and primary trail, we compound the erosion problem. Cutting these new paths exacerbates the erosion of the trail and because they tend to run up and down versus horizontally like the switchback, they end up creating massive gullies. The erosion degrades the integrity of the trail by causing water to run straight down the mountain in an unnatural way, which often leads to vegetation and other wildlife loss.⁠
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Next time you’re out hiking and you see what is obviously a shortcut, please stay on the main trail and switchback. If enough people do this, the land will heal itself over time and we can all enjoy these trails for a long time.⁠
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