Dark Hollow Falls Shenandoah National Park

Dark Hollow Falls Photography via Fishers Gap Overlook Parking Area. Hone your winter weather hiking and waterfall photography skills at Shenandoah National Park's Dark Hollow Falls (67 ft.). Explore the Rose River Fire Road trail hike down to the waterfalls. Photographing winter foliage, fauna and hopefully ice covered waterfalls and landscapes.

Our mission: To hike down to the waterfalls to create stunning or novel photographs of waterfalls and landscapes following the Hogcamp Branch (the creek that feeds the waterfalls). Think pathways with tree canopy spotlighting the creek and stone and moss in specific places to accentuate your focus, or an illuminated water swirl/pond or dark greenery in the background.

What you need to know before you go!
We will have a brief discussion before we photograph to review settings and recommended techniques for current conditions.

What to Bring:

• Dress for the cold weather, e.g., boots, gloves, warm clothes, etc.
• Pack snacks, thermos for hot liquids, e.g., hot chocolate, sit pad, and hand warmers.
• Mid Range Lens (like a 24mm-120mm) for landscape shots and telephoto lens (link 100mm-400mm) for more intiment shots or for shooting higher up on the falls.
• Tripod if you want to create long exposures and focus stacking images.

Time line and Event Schedule:
1000 Arrive at the Fishers Gap Overlook Parking area (MP 49.5 on the Skyline Drive).
1045 Probably take about 45 minutes to hike 1.2 miles down to the falls
1215 Spend about 1.5 hours photographing the falls and immediate area
1315 Probably take about 60 minutes hiking back up to the parking area (going up hill ~341’)
1330 Depart Fisher’s Gap Overlook Parking area.

When you are ready to leave, feel free leave the event, but please remember to share your pics on meetup! We would love to see them!

Byrd Visitor Center and restroom (MP 51) is open year around 9:00 am - 4:30 pm, except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Follow the link for specific details:
https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/visitorcenters.htm

Park admission prices vary, so please refer to the following link for details: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/fees.htm.

To view a map of the area, click the following: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/upload/BigMeadows_RoadTrail.pdf.

Road conditions and other Shenandoah National Park Alerts may be found at https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/conditions.htm. We'll reschedule should there be inclement weather.

Please let me know if you have any questions at the Comments section below, and hope to see you at the Fishers Gap Overlook Parking area Dark Hollow Falls at 10 am!

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