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The Snow Frosted Waterfalls of Rose Valley (+ Video)
I went up to Rose Valley Falls yesterday. It’s a series of two main waterfalls, but only flows with any volume or force during heavy rains or snow melt and immediately there after. Even in those circumstances it’s not a … Continue reading
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Tagged Camping, falls, Hiking, Hiking(2), Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Rose Valley Falls, Snow, Video, waterfalls
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A Snowy Rose Valley Falls
The typically ephemeral and lackluster waterfall at Rose Valley Campground in Ventura County seen here, center frame, as a mere vertical blackened bare spot lost amidst the more eye catching snow-frosted mountain.
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