点评:We planned to arrive at 7:30 am but got lost as there are no signs anywhere advertising how to get here. Luckily I remembered some folks mentioned the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont in their reviews, so we headed there and arrived closer to 8:00 am. But still no real signs here other than a small human made white sign with blank ink “spruce flat falls” at the start of the trail. There was only one other vehicle in the parking lot then. The hike is definitely more difficult than advertised on GSMNP website because of all the large rocks and large roots not to mention steep hills and a couple switchbacks. I frequently needed to use my two hiking sticks. You’re also surrounded by deep dense forest, so we did see a black bear in the distance. We passed one small group headed out as we headed in but that was it, so we had the falls all to ourselves as we soaked in the gorgeous falls and cool air for 10-15 minutes. We then passed a few other small groups headed in as we headed back, so we were lucky to have no crowd when we went early in the morning.
翻译:我们原计划早上7:30到达,但由于到处都没有指示如何前往这里的路标,结果迷路了。幸运的是,我记得有人在评论中提到过特雷蒙特的大雾山研究所,于是我们便朝那里出发,最终在8点左右抵达。不过,在步道起点处除了一个上面用白墨水写着“云杉平地瀑布”的人造小白牌外,依然没有任何其他明显的标识。当时停车场里只有另一辆车而已。这条徒步路线绝对比GSMNP网站上描述的要难走得多——沿途有大量巨石和粗大的树根,还有陡峭的坡道和几次急转弯。我不得不频繁使用两根登山杖来辅助行走。四周都是茂密的深林,我们确实在远处看到了一只黑熊。我们上山时遇到了一小队正要下山的人,除此之外就再无他人了。于是我们独自享用了这片瀑布:尽情欣赏着壮丽的景色,呼吸着清凉的空气,足足待了10到15分钟。在我们返回时,还遇到了几小群同样前往那里的人,所以我们很幸运,清晨去的时候并没有遇到人潮。