Beaver
Creek Box Canyon
ACA Canyon
Rating – 2B III
THIS CANYON IS SAFE TO HIKE FROM
JUNE THRU OCTOBER
Flooding
appears to never hinder hiking thru here
20 footer 25
footer
30 footer
…a special sculpted 35 footer
beta facts:
name- Beaver Creek Falls
height- There are many waterfalls here up
to 35’ high.
elevation- 9000’
GPS coordinates- ±36°56.737’N 106°16.535’W
flow- a very healthy perennial trout
stream… 25 to 350 cfs
season- july thru October. Spring run-off high water is extremely
dangerous…!!!!!!
accommodations- none… Cruses Basin
Wilderness
ownership- public – Carson National Forest
access- see story below
nearest town- Tres Piedras is about 40
miles away to the southeast
fun fact- …might wanna bring rain
protection.
essay bro:
Every time I try to count the waterfalls in
the Beaver Creek Box Canyon… I loose count, as there are too many to keep track
of. Beaver Creek Box is an extremely
unique place. The whole world is tipped
up on end here… everything is vertical.
Nothing is horizontal. Beaver
Creek drops over 500 feet in less than a quarter of a mile. Falls, falls, falls and each one is
individually different from the others.
You will find this north-central New Mexico dreamland in the Cruses
Basin Wilderness of Carson National Forest, hard to the Colorado border.
The Desired trailhead is reached by taking
US hwy 285 about 11 miles north of Tres Piedras, NM. Then west on forest road 87 for 23 miles and
north 2 miles on forest road 572. After
descending the Osha Creek trail from your car to Beaver Creek, you will be
forced to use random game trails making your way downstream to the falls. Solitude exists because a trail doesn’t. I have caught more trout here in less time
than anywhere I have ever been.
Unfortunately the Eastern Brook Trout enjoys total domination over the
native Rio Grande Cutthroats. I visit
these waterfalls often.
Enhanced USGS 7.5’ topo map
The
thin red lines above represent one mile squares.
Send questions and comments to dscott@themarblesculptor.com