Entry to Yellow Branch can be deceiving

Adventurers may be getting the wrong message on their apps as they set out to hike to Yellow Branch Falls north of Walhalla.  A female hiker broke a leg in a fall yesterday, as she approached one of the more popular scenes of Oconee County waterfalls.  About 25 public safety responders, including the Walhalla Fire Department, came to her aid.  She was taken by ground transportation to the hospital.  Walhalla’s Brandon Burton says a message that the 1.5 mile hike to the falls is a casual hike is misleading.  Burton recommends all visitors to the falls take their time and be sure to bring plenty of drinking water.