Hiking to Shangri-La Falls, Bankhead National Forest, Alabama

In this video, I hike to gorgeous Shangri-La Falls in the Bankhead National Forest of North Alabama. The trail to the falls is short, about 1 mile (1.6 km), and other than a very steep descent of about 100 ft (30 m) right before the falls, very easy.

The trail starts out in a controlled fire burn area, but once you drop into the Collier Creek Canyon, things become extraordinarily beautiful. The falls themselves are a lovely single plunge into a beautiful blue splash pool that just beckons you to go for a swim.

Being that this was a cold spring day, I opted to try and stay dry by hopping from rock to rock and finding my way around ever increasingly difficult obstacles as I went up the canyon. Had it been a warmer day, I would have just walked up the creek itself and things would have been much easier.

I did not reach my ultimate goal of Collier Creek Falls, but I did stop and eat lunch at a very pretty unnamed waterfall along the way.

After lunch, I went back out the way I came in, once again passing Shangri-La Falls, then climbing up the steep canyon wall back to the plateau where I walked through the fire burn back to the car.

This is a simply gorgeous waterfall hike, that I’d recommend to anyone who is brave enough to slide down that steep part into the canyon (hint — hold onto the trees!).

Trail info: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/al...
Alabama National Forests info: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/alabama

Equipment:
Camera: GoPro Hero12 Black: https://gopro.com/en/us/shop/cameras/...
DJI Mini 4 Pro Drone: https://www.dji.com/mini-4-pro

Title card music by Lobo-Loco: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lob...

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