This is the start of the ‘Social’ trail heading down to Fiddler Spring. I was camped on the ridge in the distance to the right last night. This bit of trail is very steep, so steep that you can’t see the rest of the trail from this point, which I thought made for a more dramatic picture (probably not).

I find going down this trail is more difficult than coming up, but it’s tough and fairly dodgy going in either direction. It might be a tough climb, but looking at the timing of my pictures, it only took six minutes to get here from Fiddler Spring. This point is below the official Whites Creek Trail, so more uphill work still to be done.

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