December 28, 2023
As we pulled in to Teneriffe Falls' trailhead, it was clear to me that this is a popular one. There are paved roads, plenty of parking, landscaped planters, and a nice structure for toilets. A Discover Pass is required and in the summer this is one of the shuttle stops. On this drizzly winter day there were only 3 cars parked when we arrived at 9:30 am. Yay for winter break!
We hiked the 5.6-mile in and out trail with Toby and Mario. They did a great job navigating the 22 oftentimes rocky switchbacks up to the falls. The trail was well maintained and well marked. It also remained fairly wide the whole way up enough so we were able to walk side-by-side at times.
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Teneriffe Falls was raging. There wasn’t a great flat spot to stop and relax so we took a standing break at the upper part of the falls along the sloped trail. We made a quick detour on the way down to check
out the nicely constructed new connector trail before continuing back to the trailhead. Apparently the connector trail avoids most of the rocky sections, but I didn't read that far into the hiking description so we went back down the way we came (the rocky way 😅).
