Bear Creek Falls (Telluride)

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Bear Creek Falls (Telluride) Canyoneering Canyoning Caving
 For other features with similar names, see Bear Creek (disambiguation)
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Difficulty:‌1A I (v1a1 I)
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Approach: ⟷2.4mi ↑1100ft
Exit: ⟷2.4mi ↓1100ft
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Vehicle:Passenger
Rock type:Sandstone
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Introduction[edit]

While ropewiki is not a hiking website, questions have come up about Bear Creek Falls (Telluride) and if it has been descended as a canyon.

This is a popular hike with a congested trailhead on a nice wide path.

Approach[edit]

One could potentially link Upper Bear Creek Falls, Bear Creek Falls and Lower Bear Creek Falls as a waterfall descent by hiking up the Bear Creek Trail from town, then hiking further up on the Wasatch Trail.

Descent[edit]

With considerable stream walking between the drops, the number of people generally taking photos at the base of the falls and with so many better canyoning options nearby, Bear Creek Falls (Telluride) is not known as a canyoning descent.

  • Wide hiking trail
  • Bear Creek Falls (about 100')
  • Lower Bear Creek Falls (about 30')

Exit[edit]

Return the same way on this out and back trail or check out https://ropewiki.com/Little_Hawaii_(Telluride) on the way back, making this a loop trail.

  • Looking up La Junta Creek from the Bear Creek Trail
  • Looking up La Junta Creek from the Bear Creek Trail
  • Looking up La Junta Creek from the Bear Creek Trail

Red tape[edit]

Beta sites[edit]

https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/colorado/bear-creek-falls-via-bear-creek-trail

Trip reports and media[edit]

Late season low flow photos from Sept 2020

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Credits

Information provided by automated processes. KML map by (unknown). Main photo by (unknown). Authors are listed in chronological order.

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