Indian Head and Rainbow Falls Photo Gallery

View of Lower Ausable Lake from Indian Head

Trail map at parking / trailhead for AMR

AMR - no dogs allowed

AMR private road for public foot traffic only

View of mountains with the Ausable Club at the foothills

Left-hand turn to follow road to AMR land

Private road, foot traffic only. No drop-offs or pick-ups

Mountain views from the road

Trailhead registry for AMR

AMR map for Indian Head and others

AMR entrance gate

Scenic frozen creek

Hike follows the foot-traffic only service road

Winter creek scenery in the Adirondack Mountain Reserve

Frozen Gill Brook

Ice clinging to short cliffs located on Lake Road

Gill Brook Trail trailhead

Frozen Gill Brook

Hiking the Gill Brook Trail

Red blazes of the Gill Brook Trail

Artists Falls, approx. 15-feet tall

Artists Falls, approx. 15-feet tall

Artists Falls, approx. 15-feet tall

Upper Artists Falls (frozen), approx. 7-feet tall

Ice blobs in Gill Brook

Gorge Falls, approx 20-feet tall

Gorge Falls, approx 20-feet tall

Short frozen waterfall in Gill Brook, approx, 8 feet tall

Slick ice along the Gill Brook Trail during winter

Plunge Falls, approx. 15-feet tall

Plunge Falls, approx. 15-feet tall

Trail follows a sketchy 10-foot tall ledge

7-foot tall waterfall

6-foot tall waterfall

Gill Brook Falls (from downstream), approx. 30-feet tall

Waterfall, 5-feet tall

Stay straight to Indian Head

Upper Gill Brook Falls, approx. 12-feet tall

Turn to Indian Head

Blue blazes leads up to Indian Head

Steep trail with ladder

Looking down from the ladder

View on south slopes of Indian Head

View on south slopes of Indian Head

Upper view from south slopes of Indian Head

North overlook, keep right atop Indian Head

North Overlook on Indian Head

Indian Head's summit area

Upper cliff view of Lower Ausable Lake atop Indian Head

Upper cliff view of Lower Ausable Lake atop Indian Head

Upper cliff view of Lower Ausable Lake atop Indian Head

Hiking from the cliff view to the main South Overlook on Indian Head

Hiking out to the South Overlook on Indian Head

View of Lower Ausable Lake from Indian Head (South Overlook)

Snowmobiler driving across Lower Ausable Lake

Wide angle view from South Overlook on Indian Head

Dave and NIna at the South Overlook on Indian Head

Yellow blaze trail leads out to Indian Head

Large overhanging ice

Checking out the ice

Entering the ice cave

In the ice cave

More ice!

Icy stairs

Sitting on the icy stairs to safely descend

Turn to Gothic Window

Gothic Window (view)

View of low elevation slopes on Sawteeth Southeast

Turn to Rainbow Falls

View of the Lower Ausable Lake Dam from the footbridge

Lower Ausable Lake Dam (long exposure)

View of the Indian Head cliffs

Turn to Rainbow Falls

Last turn to Rainbow Falls

Hiking through a steep gorge to reach Rainbow Falls

Rainbow Falls, approx, 130-feet tall

Rainbow Falls, approx, 130-feet tall

Rainbow Falls, approx, 130-feet tall

Rainbow Falls, approx, 130-feet tall

View into the high peaks from the Ausable Club from the road

Massive parking lot for Indian Head / Adirondak Mountain Reserve