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A Blast of Frigid Air Ushered in 2018
The cold temps hung on for a week, resulting in beautiful icy falls.
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Frozen Waterfalls on this page:
1 - Cupid Falls on Corn Creek, Towns Co.
2 - Falls on Negro Branch, Rabun Co.
3 - Lower Falls on Patterson Creek, Rabun Co.
4 - Cover Falls on Britton Crk, Cherokee Co., NC
5 - Falls on Metcalf Creek, Rabun Co.



~ Cupid Falls on Corn Creek, Towns Co., GA ~
New Year's Day 2018 - It had been cold, but not too cold...


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Falls on Corn Creek, aka Cupid Falls


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A wider view shows the edge of the dam (upper right) from the old Corn Creek Grist Mill.


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Little icicles hanging over the creek



~ Negro Branch, Rabun Co., GA ~
January 2018 - After a couple of nights with temps in the single digits...


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Frozen falls on Negro Branch


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A few details of the frozen falls...


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~ Lower Falls on Patterson Creek, Rabun Co., GA ~
A long series of falls and cascades, totaling about 100 feet in elevation drop.
Due to rhododendron & deadfall, I was only able to get images of the upper tiers.


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Lower Falls, 2nd tier from top


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A closer view of the 2nd tier


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Frost heaves in the clay soil


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Lower Falls, 1st (upper) tier
There are actually a few smaller tiers above this...



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Icy detail


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1st tier, from the side



~ Cover Falls on Britton Creek, Cherokee Co., NC ~

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First view from the trail


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In the creek below the falls


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Water flowing under the ice


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Another view from the front


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A few ice formations in the falls


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View of the falls from the side


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[ Go to NC Waterfalls - Cover Falls for a few "non-frozen" images of Cover Falls. ]




~ Metcalf Creek, Rabun Co., GA ~

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Frozen upper falls on Metcalf Creek


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Ice formations


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Another angle on the waterfall


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More icy details


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One more view of the falls



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