About this spot
Mitchell Lick Falls is a real, remote 35 ft waterfall reached via a hard, roughly 6.25-mile out-and-back route off the Cherohala Skyway's Hooper Bald parking area, confirmed by a USDA Forest Service recreation page, HikingProject/TrailRunProject, and hikingwnc.com. A chute below the main drop funnels the creek into a large pool, reachable by working around the chute on river left — the clearest pool description of this batch — but no source mentions anyone actually swimming or jumping in it, and the approach involves significant creek-walking that gets dangerous after heavy rain. High solitude, experienced-hikers-only terrain.
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