Comments on: Rose River Loop

By: virginiatrailschristine

virginiatrailschristine — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:04:55 +0000

Thanks for the visit, Gretchen! I’m glad you enjoyed the hike. It’s definitely one of my favorites, too. I bet spotting the bear was a perfect bonus!

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:53:22 +0000

Great write up, thanks so much for sharing! We were looking for something like this as we wanted to hike it, but with a 3 year old wanted to make sure it wouldn’t be too difficult and be worth it. After reading what you wrote, we decided to do it, and it was probably the best hike we did in Shenandoah. The water was very low, typical for the end of July, but the waterfalls were still beautiful. And my daughter walked the whole way on her own! I do recommend leaving the fire road for last (do the loop clockwise) for those that are out of shape or have little ones, I don’t know if she would’ve made it if we did the loop the opposite way. And we ran into a black bear on the fire road, so that part of the hike was more eventful than we anticipated!

By: virginiatrailschristine

virginiatrailschristine — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:54:05 +0000

Have a great time on your hike tomorrow! Rose River should be beautiful under all the fall foliage.

By: Wei Wang

Wei Wang — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:51:06 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing this. I’m looking for some good hikes in SNP. Plan to hike this trail tomorrow.

By: virginiatrailschristine

virginiatrailschristine — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:33:08 +0000

I remember that day – it was so pretty and foggy when we hiked down there!

By: Theresa

Theresa — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:06:44 +0000

I love this hike! Mostly because of all the photo opportunities. It’s been a few years since I’ve been to Rose River Falls. I think I’ve finally recovered from the uphill hike back. Maybe I should do it again sometime, and this time I’ll take Adam with me so I have someone to carry my gear

By: Loopykd

Loopykd — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:29:56 +0000

Hooray! You have a blog now. That’s so awesome. I have added you to my reader. I have just joined a group where I can walk more regularly again. I’ll be posting more hiking stories as well. I have two scheduled for this week already.

By: Jim Hopkins (kayaker729)

Jim Hopkins (kayaker729) — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:24:34 +0000

This blog and your descriptions and directions a really nice!
Thanks for sharing!
Jim