Treasure Creek Falls

Upper Alamosa River, Colorado

This is NOT the nearby Treasure Falls up Wolf Creek Pass above Pagosa Springs, Co

See on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yWO_jWtg-A&list=UUCJsfIZ3DXVpmoXu2d487VQ

 

100 foot high

…and with a couple more tiers below it

 

beta facts:

name- Treasure Creek Falls

height- 100’ or with the lower tiers include maybe about two hundred feet high

elevation- 11,200’

GPS coordinates- ±37°21.818’N 106°40.325’W

flow- perennial

season- summer and fall

accommodations- none – South San Juan Wilderness Area

ownership- Rio Grande National Forest

access- a few hundred yard STEEP hike up the creek from the trailhead

nearest town- Platoro, Co is about 9 miles southeast of here

fun fact- people look for the lost treasure… but the waterfall is the treasure

 

WOW…!!!  Look at all the waterfalls on this map… I like this place.

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Enhanced USGS topo map

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