Riito Cascadas
We have
found Riito Cascadas to be dry during drought
= in English… “tiny” creek cascades
Riito
Cascadas takes a 70’ high cascading tumble 5 miles southwest of Taos Ski Valley
beta facts:
name- Riito Cascadas … or in English “Tiny
Little Creek Cascades”
height- 70’
elevation-8370’
GPS coordinates- ±36°34.076’N 105°31.457’W
flow- small but perennial
season- May is best, but anytime is okay
accommodations- Hwy 150 and forest service
campgrounds are close by
ownership- Carson National Forest
access- a couple hundred yard bushwhack
from Hwy 150
nearest town- it is about 5 miles northeast
to Taos Ski Valley and 5 miles south to Arroyo Seco
fun fact- very, very few people ever visit
this place and it’s a quick access waterfall “fix”
essay bro
Riito Cascadas … or in English “tiny,
little creek cascades”… is on a very small, often dry… intermittent creek. Which… even when it does flow… it’s tiny flow
soaks into the loose rocky earth a hundred yards or so… above State Hwy 150…
so… in a wet year… during the time of snow melt (which is usually the month of
May here…) -These cascades will be a
pleasant surprise for you just around the second corner as you hike up this
steep little canyon.
Enhanced
USGS 7.5’ topo map
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