Tesuque Falls
Tesuque Falls pours over a 25 high bedrock outcropping
This small 10
high waterfall can be seen upstream above Tesuque Falls in the photo above
heres a quality photo I just received from Paul Thanx Paul
The 3 Pools Waterfall shown below, is
difficult to access deep within the trail-less Big Tesuque Canyon this sculpted cascade drops about 20
feet in 3 tiers and has three beautiful swirling round pools... see the map
below
Upper Tesuque Falls drops about 25 feet in
a couple separate tiers
There are countless small waterfalls along
the Rio Tesuque, like this 12 high cutie
beta facts:
name- Tesuque Falls
height- 25
elevation- 8800
GPS coordinates- ±35°46.163N 105°49.590W
flow- perennial
season- all spring, summer and fall, but the best time is during May
and early June snow melt run off
accommodations- water and restrooms at
nearby Big Tesuque Picnic Grounds
ownership- Santa Fe National Forest
access- from Santa Fe Ski Basin Road
nearest town- Santa Fe is about 10
air-miles southwest of here
fun fact- ...a lot of water energy is in
this air
!!!
essay bro:
The hearty hiker can visit Tesuque Falls by
following Big Tesuque Creek for a strong, couple miles downstream from the
parking area at Big Tesuque Picnic Grounds.
Otherwise there are several Forest Service Trails that get close. Study the map below to find where the Borrego
Trail and the Winsor Trail meet on the banks of Tesuque Creek. From there you can follow a rarely used and
un-marked trail upstream a strong half-mile to Tesuque Falls.
We like to park at Big Tesuque Picnic
Grounds and hike the streamside down past all the many waterfalls ... lastly
Tesuque Falls ... returning to our wheels via the Forest Service Trails... a
one-mile section, in the middle of Tesuque Canyon, is trail-less, but it is
getting more passable as more people are hiking it.
My favorite way to hike Upper Tesuque Falls
is to park at Big Tesuque, walk one mile up Big Tesuque Trail to the dirt road
and turn right hiking up that road, a short mile, to the second creek
crossing. This is Falls Fork of the Rio
Tesuque. Enjoy the 20 high waterfall
quite steep down, just below the road before hike down a primitive trail past
25 high Tesuque Falls back to your car.
Right-click-save-as
on the map below and print yourself a hard copy to have in your hand when you
take this hike
This map is
the only map on earth with this information
Enhanced
USGS 7.5 topo map
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