I think it will take you all the way to the trailhead, but I haven’t tested it. The Google Maps link below will take you to the turn-off. The road that leads to the stables is just northwest of the US Forest Service Ranger Station. There is no cell reception in the area, so make sure you get your navigation app up and running before you get into the middle of the forest. This picture of the first waterfall doesn’t even come close to showing the top cascade that is hidden behind the canopy. From the base of the second waterfall, there are several paths that aren’t really trails. There are trails that take you to the top and to the other waterfall. Have fun hiking all around the first waterfall, which breaks in several stages.That is where you will go after exploring the falls. Just before this campground is a path that leads back down to the right. When you get your first glimpse of the falls, you’ll notice a flat campsite on the right side of the trail (higher than the creek).Take this a few hundred yards to the waterfalls. You will see a side trail to Twin Falls (yellow blaze) on the left.If you do that, simply take Buckhorn Gap Trail all the way back to the gravel road and then walk down to where your car is parked at the Avery Creek Trailhead. It would be very easy to simply continue on Buckhorn on accident. If you’re doing an out-and-back hike to the falls, this is a turn you must remember. Buckhorn Gap Trail will eventually split off Avery Creek Trail and turn to the right.This indicates that you will immediately turn left. Take the right, cross the footbridge, and then notice the double blaze. Buckhorn Gap Trail (orange blaze) will seem to go straight and to the right at the same time. You will hit another confusing intersection near a campsite. The trails converge for a while (blue and orange blazes).left) until the trail intersects with Buckhorn Gap Trail (orange blaze). This is where the loop closes, so keep that in mind for later in the day when you’re headed back to your car. You will quickly come to the intersection with Clawhammer (called Clayhammer on the map) Creek Trail. Take the Avery Creek Trail (blue blaze).My Camry was able to slowly negotiate the gravel road, but a truck or SUV with higher clearance would be preferable. The road widens a bit and there is enough room for a few cars to park.
The Avery Creek trailhead is down a steep hill on the right and is very easy to miss.
You will pass campsites and the stables and head up the winding mountain road.
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