February 8, 2009 - Lost Valley / Eden Falls / Eden Falls Cave

This is probably now firmly in the top 5 most scenic areas my wife and I have visited. The whole trail up to Eden Falls was scenic. Eden Falls is a amazing place. Above Eden Falls is a cave you can crawl into and at the back is (about 200 feet in) a 30 foot tall waterfall in a large cavern...its simply unbelievable. Here are the best pics and the best from the trip are below these:

Here is a pic for scale comparison .. I am beside the waterfall.

This is the waterfall inside the cave:






The above pics are on the trail leading up to the main (lower) Eden Falls. The way down to Eden Falls is scenic enough on its on. The Natural Bridge area was pretty cool. Next time we go we are gonna stop there and get more pictures and try to get through it. The creek wasnt running until we got up to the Natural Bridge area. There was no water at all at the beginning of the trail. Just past the Natural Bridge area you come to Cobb Cave which is a large opening underneath the large vertical cliff.





Just past Cobb Cave there is Eden Falls. The Eden Falls area has to be one of the top scenic areas in Arkansas. The falls are over 50 foot high. I was amazed to see that much water coming down the falls since just a few hundred yards downstream there was no water (it was obviously running underground).





Above Eden Falls there is trail that takes you up to Eden Falls Cave. The cave is pretty large at the entrance with plenty of room. It is a bit dangerous as the water coming out of the cave spills immediately into Middle Eden Falls right at the cave entrance (see pics below). The cave has a little cavern up and to the left (pics 24 & 25 above). The going gets tighter quick going farther back. There is little slot canyon thats just tall and wide enough to walk through but at the end of that you run out of room. I had to crawl for about 20 yards or so but it wasnt hard since the sound and rumble of the waterfall was just amazing. The cave opens up a bit and then your in a pretty large cavern with a huge waterfall spilling right from the top all the way to the bottom. The waterfall created spray that filled the entire cavern. I managed to get a few pictures of this amazing spot although the spray and complete dark made it difficult!



These are the waterfalls (Middle Eden Falls) that come out of the cave and enter the stream just above Eden Falls