Middle Boulder Creek (South Fork)

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Middle Boulder Creek (South Fork) Canyoneering Canyoning Caving
 For other features with similar names, see Boulder Creek (disambiguation)
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Difficulty:‌2C2 I (v2a5 I)
Raps:‌0-5, max ↨30ft
Metric
Overall:1.5-2.5h ⟷2.3mi
Approach:20-30min ⟷1.2mi ↑405ft
Descent:1-1.5h ⟷0.3mi
Exit:10-20min ⟷0.9mi ↓180ft
Red Tape:‌No permit required
Shuttle:‌None
Vehicle:Passenger
Rock type:Granite
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Introduction[edit]

Highland Mary Falls in South Fork Middle Boulder Creek offers many opportunities to practice rappelling in waterfalls, but the route is not a committing canyon.

This is an easy hike to play around in the creek with many social trails to skirt small falls or the flat sections of the creek. Therefore, it is marked as a hike rather than a canyon even though it could be used as a good canyoning practice area.

July and early August are generally too soon with big water in the narrowest places. Beware slippery rocks in the streamcourse.

Approach[edit]

Drive: 4.75 miles West of Nederland on Eldora Road. Passenger cars park early at (39.95129, -105.59404).

Hike: 0.55 miles on a dirt road left of the split toward the Hessie Trailhead or
High Clearance narrow vehicles can Drive: 0.55 miles to the end of the dirt road by the bridge by the North Fork Middle Boulder Creek.

Hike: 0.6 miles on the King Lake Trail toward Lost Lake. Split off the main trail at (39.95601, -105.60908) on a social trail toward South Fork Middle Boulder Creek.

  • Narrow midsize trucks fit better around the first and only rock obstacle
  • wide old road hiking trail
  • streamwalking SF Middle Boulder Creek

Descent[edit]

Rappelling Opportunities:

Highland Mary Falls: at least three lines are possible for rappelling. Vertical falls are all generally 15-20 ft, but longer ropes up to 100 ft might be helpful for anchor selection

A short 10ft drop just downstream of Highland Mary Falls collecting the full volume of the creek

Two 12 ft falls

20 ft falls into a narrow pushy chute

a shorter narrow chute followed by a 10ft falls, then a 10 ft falls with final low angle cascade

  • Highland Mary Falls
  • Highland Mary Falls
  • Highland Mary Falls
  • Highland Mary Falls
  • Highland Mary Falls
  • 10ft drop, full creek volume
  • 10ft drop, full creek volume
  • 20 ft falls into a narrow pushy chute
  • 20 ft falls into a narrow pushy chute

Exit[edit]

Just after the last final low angle cascade, exit on worn social trails on Canyon Left. Walk past an old cabin and re-intersect the approach trail back to the car.

  • old cabin

    • Red tape[edit]

    Beta sites[edit]

    Trip reports and media[edit]

    2023-08-07 explored by Christian Phipps and Kevin Anderson

    2024-07-31 Photos and ropewiki entry added by Ira Lewis with Sean Yarborough

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