Murtocks Falls
I sprained my ankle and was
unable to join Nate in the final quarter-mile scramble/hike up to 120’ high Murtocks Falls. I’m
thankful he captured a shot of this beautiful high falls.
...and WHOA.....!!! enjoy the eye-candy
below.......
Murtocks
Creek is one of the more beautiful tiny creeks imaginable
beta facts:
name- Murtocks Falls
height- 120’
elevation- 6000’
GPS coordinates- ±33°07.829’N 108°16.638’W
flow- perennial
season- March April are best
accommodations- none – it is within the Gila Wilderness
ownership- Gila National Forest
access- best from floating the Gila River but can
be reached via the Gila River Trail #724 unless high Gila River flow prohibits wading crossings...! ! !
nearest town- Silver City is about 25 miles south
of here
fun fact- Murtocks
Falls will never be visited very often... but it will be visited everytime I am in the area...! ! !
essay bro:
The map below is the only map on earth
showing Murtocks Falls. We typed it in ourselves on Photoshop. “Murtocks Hole” has
been named for many, many years... and that name is still in common use for
this deep, rugged place. To our
knowledge no name has ever been published for this waterfall or for the creek
that it is on. We are using the name Murtocks because this falls appears in the middle of an
area known as Murtocks Hole. We are referring to this waterfall as Murtocks Falls, for the purpose of avoiding confusion...
and establishing a reference term. The
truth is that you are welcome to call this waterfall by any name you wish.
There is no easy way to visit Murtocks Falls. It
is accessible, but with great difficulty.
No trail exists up Murtocks Canyon. Trail 724 parallels the Gila River but it has
many river crossings that are usually too deep and dangerous during March and
April’s snow-melt high-water-flows Even those who are floating the Gila
River must splash & scramble right up the bed of this beautiful, tiny creek, 700 feet
elevation above the river to reach this waterfall. The one-third-mile scramble-hike-climb up Murtocks Creek and cannot be done during extreme high water
flow. We wish you all the luck in the
world.
Enhanced
USGS 7.5’ topo map
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