Red River Gorge Trail Guide: Indian Staircase
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- čas přidán 4. 12. 2017
- Thanksgiving weekend, 2017, we wanted to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather, so we loaded up the car, rounded up a couple of our kids and one of their friends and headed for the Gorge.
On this video, you’ll see us do the Indian Staircase loop, which begins at Bison Way, at the Gladie Visitor Center. Hike 0.6 miles to the junction with the Sheltowee Trace, and turn left. 0.25 miles or so later, when you hit a grove of conifers, you’ll see a Sheltowee blaze on a skinny tree on your left. To your right, you’ll see an unofficial trail head up the hill. This will be the second unofficial trail you’ll see. Take it up the hill until you get to a rocky chute. Climb the chute, and when you get to a plateau at the bottom of a 10-15 foot cliff, go to the left, where you’ll find an easy path back up to the right, looking down on where you were just standing. This is the base of Indian Staircase, and according to legend, Native American people carved out the round hand/foot holds you’ll find pock-marked all the way to the top.
Once we reached the top, we took a trail and went left, passing frog’s head on the way to the Council Chamber, a massive rock house that you shouldn’t miss. From here, we climbed back up to the trail and followed it around the horseshoe ridge until we were on the opposite side of the Indian Staircase and stopped to watch others climb it.
Another third-of-a-mile or so later, and we reached the Sheltowee Trace and turned left. A quarter-mile later, we came to the junction with the hidden trail that turns right at a hairpin turn and leads 0.5 miles to Adena Arch.
After Adena Arch, we continued on to Indian Arch, which is about a tenth of a mile from the Adena junction.
From Indian Arch, we took a flight of wooden steps to the bottom of the cliff and followed the Sheltowee Trace under the cliffs we’d just been walking until we reached Bison Way and continued back to the car.
This is a great trail that is a lot of fun to hike. One caution - avoid Indian Staircase in wet or icy weather. This is a manageable hike, but very dangerous.
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I just did Indian Staircase last weekend having NO idea what i was getting myself into. Im not great with heights but i pushed through and made my way to the top. That feeling was incredible. Can't wait to do it again
same I did not look up any pics besides reviews on all trails was amazing and worth the effort
Any day at the gorge is better than a day of working :) Enjoy your hikes
Great video. Just a reminder that we have an amazing refuge for hiking and climbing right in our own backyard.
Love the RRG. You did a great job on the video. Really enjoyed it.
Stumbled across your channel planning our summer hiking trips😁, absolutely gorgeous shots on the trail! Red River area looks great! Hopefully we can still get down there this summer🤞🏼. Beautiful video and nice channel👍🏻!
Great little edit!! 👍🏻
Very good video of IS! Still haven't gotten around to it. I didn't even realize you made videos till Adam linked your channel today. Cheers! Was a fun family outing.
Thanks, Tim! I appreciate the sub and am grateful to Adam for the shout-out. I've been enjoying your videos for about a year and get a lot of good tips and ideas for destinations (like the trowel!). We had a blast at Indian Staircase, and considered going back last weekend, but the thought of seeing Copperas Creek Falls was too tempting to pass up. It was great meeting Adam and Brian. Hopefully, I'll bump into you on the trail sometime soon. Take care!
excelent video