Trout Creek Falls
Trout Creek Falls is 20’ high and is found
about a mile beyond the end of the road at Trout Lakes in the Carson National
forest.
This photo below is of the uppermost lake of
Trout Lakes… or Upper Trout Lake. It is
reached by hiking an un-marked, quarter mile trail from the end of Forest Road
125 at Middle Trout Lake. No one hikes
this trail…!!! It is disappearing! Many logs have fallen across it. However, Upper Trout Lake is AMAZING…!!! It is the largest and best of all the half
dozen or so “Trout Lakes.” You will hike
past this lake on your way to Trout Creek Falls.
This pond shown in this photo below is
immediately below Upper Trout Lake. It
is small but seems deep enough to support a nice population of trout. The Upper Trout Lake Trail walks you right by
here. The Canjilon Rim can be seen on
the horizon.
Please feel
free to Right-click-save-as my map below. Take a copy with you when you go. I
LOVE THIS AREA…!!! This Canjilon Rim
area is more clean and pristine than any designated wilderness area that I have
ever seen…!!! There are NO maintained
trails here… only game trails…!!! I have
your route from the parking area at Middle Trout Lake, to Trout Creek Falls
marked with a red dotted line: ENJOY…!!!
Enhanced USGS topo map
-map-
beta facts:
name- Trout Creek Falls
height- 20 feet
elevation- approx. 9700’ elevation
GPS coordinates- ±36°36.404’N 106°21.887’W
flow- perennial
season- spring, summer and fall
accommodations- a Forest Service Campground
at Lower Trout Lakes
ownership- Carson National Forest
access- an un-marked trail which becomes
game trails reaches the waterfall from the end of Forest Road 125 at Middle
Trout Lake
nearest town- Cebolla, NM is about 8.5 air miles
southwest of here
fun fact- I LOVE this place…!!!
Send questions and comments to dscott@themarblesculptor.com