East Trigg Tower - Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois -Jackson Falls Climbing Area
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2023
- Southern Illinois is blessed when natural wonder. In particular the Shawnee National Forest is home to massive sandstone bluffs, rock cracks that form cave like environments. With this blessing comes a multitude of places that can become dangerous in mere seconds.
Located just west of the popular climbing area called Jackson Falls, this more serene section across the railroad track is less visited, but still populated with boulders and excellent climbing routes.
It is, also, a side trail off of the River to River trail, which extends from the Ohio River to the Mississippi River.
As an NR-EMT who likes climbing, seeing that backboard by the climbing area is nice! Just need spider straps and a head block/c-collar and can get anyone out of there with no problem! I plan on a climbing trip down in jackson falls this fall (2024), was watching your video to get an idea of trail condition to the climbing areas. :)
Thanks for posting!
Wow, that information is interesting! As you probably already know the Jackson Falls area may be the best in Southern Illinois, The trails especially across the tracks on the Jackson Falls area are really good. Again, I'm sure you already have the Mountain Project App, so I'm sure it could lead you to all the good climbs in the area. Thanks for commenting and watching!
Hope your doing well after your fall! I spend alot of time in the shawnee as well. Went to iron furnace and dixon springs with the kiddos this weekend
Survived the fall. Those are two great places to explore! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful but that fall Thank you for risking limb and tech for us!
Lol - it is definitely a nice place to explore, just watch your step
Great video! I never knew there were any deep caves in Cove Hollow, I need to check that out this fall! Did you fall back by Splatterstone Falls? I hope you're ok!
Thank you! It’s a Cool area with lots of little passageways to explore. Yes, the area where I fell was on the way to the falls and yes I am ok. Thanks for watching!
@MarksofCuriosity There are a lot of areas in Jackson Hollow that I haven't seen yet, it's tricky terrain back there! I've been eyeballing the trail over the railroad tunnel for my next hike out there.
Hope you are OK
Yes, it was a scare though!
Too bad the area became blighted by ego climbers. Backpacked there a lot in the '70's. Was magical. We never needed bolts, rescue equipment and packed out all our garbage so the place remained naturally pristine.