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Of course, there needs to be a word of warning: The bluffs around the falls are
tall, slippery, and dangerous. Use extreme caution around any of the waterfalls.
The trail then ambles along until it heads behind the campground, where things
get a bit rockier (you will be climbing through some stone cuts), and it finally in-
tersects with the red-blazed Azalea Cascade Trail. This aptly named path is lined
with thick, tall azalea bushes that are beautiful in the spring when they bloom. The
red trail leads you right to the stream and the cascade.
Shortly after Azalea Cascade we join the blue-blazed Lost Falls Trail (formerly
known as CR Caves). After a rugged little climb from the stream, you will be
walking alongside a bluff on your left. Keep a lookout for rock shelters in the
bluffs carved by the elements thousands of years ago. This is the section where
you will see the most damage from recent tornados, but the path is clear. Some-
where along this trail there is a side path where you can see Laurel Falls from the
opposite side, but I wasn't able to find it. Maybe you can when you visit. You
will, however, come up to a short trail that leads to the opposite side of Lost Falls
for a really great view of the rock shelter it careens over before the trail links back
up with the Laurel Falls Trail and heads back to the trailhead.
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