Home Experience a dozen waterfalls on this two-mile West Virginia trail David Sibray examines a bloodroot flower

David Sibray examines a bloodroot flower

The Big Branch Trail passes more than a dozen waterfalls in its ascent in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.

David Sibray examines a bloodroot flower, one of the first wildflowers to bloom along the trail.

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