- Fish Creek Falls
Infobox Waterfall
name = Fish Creek Falls
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location = Routt County,Colorado , U.S.
coordinates = coord|40.4816442|-106.7711591|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,titleGnis|172743|Fish Creek Falls. USGS. Retrieved on2008-02-07 .]
watercourse = Fish Creek
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height = convert|283|ft|mcite book |last=Mohlenbrock |first=Robert H. |title=This Land: A Guide to Central National Forests |publisher=University of California Press |year=2006 |isbn=0520239822 |pages=p. 94]
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world_rank =Fish Creek Falls is a
waterfall located about 5 miles to the east ofSteamboat Springs, Colorado inRoutt National Forest . Fish Creek runs from several small lakes in the Rabbit Ears Range ofColorado . In the summertime, the road to Fish Creek Falls becomes often clogged in mid-afternoon with tourists wanting to see the 280 foot tall waterfall. It is possible to hike all the way to the terminus of the waterfall through giant boulders and rushing water. There are two hiking trails from the parking lot at the end of Fish Creek Fall Road. One is 1/4 of a mile and goes through severalAspen groves with the occasionalSubalpine Fir . It ends at a viewing station where the entirety of the falls can be seen. The other trail goes straight down into theU-Shaped valley formed byglaciers . As it nears the bottom of the valley, one can hear the rushing sound of water over the fall and see beautiful Fish Creek. The trail continues on toUpper Fish Creek Falls and then on to theWyoming Trail , a long trail running the northwestern mountains of Colorado toWyoming . The falls provide a great place forice climbing in the winter when 300+ inches of snow fall on the mountains east of Steamboat Springs.References
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