Corrumpa
Falls
This was an
important stop along the Santa Fe Trail
Corrumpa Falls is seen here as a sandstone
outcropping. It has a total drop of
about 25’ with many “tiers” and no one tier drops any
more than about 5 or 10-feet. The lowest
tier drops about 5-feet within the small darkest
shadows at the very center of this photo and the photo below.
This photo below was taken during extreme
drought. The flow is small but I was
amazed it was even flowing at all. This
lower tier drops about 5-feet from a nice pond, down into a very large pond.
This next photo looks up the second pond,
into the slot canyon.
The photo below looks downstream thru part
of the slot canyon and across both ponds.
…here is a 24” natural arch along the slot
canyon.
…below is a 6-foot natural arch that I
walked thru without ducking… I call it Corrumpa Falls Arch.
…here is more of the slot canyon.
The lower portion of the
walls of the slot canyon weep with flowing spring water.
Corrumpa Waterfall is a very interesting
and beautiful place.
Corrumpa Falls is far from any
pavement. It’s
way out in the middle of a private ranch about 18 miles north of Clayton,
NM. Its coordinates are: 36 degrees
42.813’N 103 degrees 08.950’W. It is a
perennial waterfall. When I was here the
land was not “posted” …so I assumed that trespassing was legal here.
THIS IS A VERY WET PLACE OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF DESSERT.
IF YOU VISIT HERE PLEASE
RESPECT THE OWNER’S LAND. DO NOT LITTER
OR DAMAGE ANYTHING…!!!
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