Length: 1 mile to the falls. Time:
45 minutes each way. Difficulty: 2-3. Some rock hopping
up the dry stream bed.
Trailhead: On Route 63, about 5 miles from Frederiksted.
The dirt road leading to the gut is across from the popular swimming
and picnic beach at Butler Bay.
Walk a couple of hundred yards up the dirt road until it forks.
Go right, down to and across the streambed.
Go left for about 100 yards, following a trail that stays close to
the gut. In about 100 yards the gut clears of vegetation and you should
find it easier walking.
You'll pass strap ferns with long unbranched fronds. Also strangler
figs that literally do strangle the life out of a tree with their powerful
roots.
You'll have ascended about 300 vertical feet when
you reach the gut's 80-foot high waterfall. It's not likely to be running
unless it's rained.
Without a guide, it can be risky going up and beyond
the falls. Most people turn back at this point.
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