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Box Canyon Falls

Box Canyon Falls Park is a developed waterfall attraction situated in the “Switzerland of America”, Ouray. It showcases an 85-foot cascade of water down Canyon Creek. Visitors can witness this breathtaking attraction both above and below the waterfall. It thunders down into a quartzite canyon narrowly surrounded by 100-foot walls.

Box Canyon Falls is a wonder. The waterfall plunges 285 feet through a narrow slot canyon with amazing force. The City of Ouray built this park in order to allow visitors to get up close and personal with this impressive waterfall. The park has two main attractions, the lower trail, and the upper trail. The lower trail consists mostly of a steel walkway weaving through the slot canyon to the base of the falls. Those on this trail will get wet.

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A 52 Weeks of Fun Fascinating Fact about Box Canyon Falls

The waterfall is the climax of Canyon Creek, which spills thousands of gallons of water each minute over the falls.

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The fee to access the park is $3 for children 4-17 years old, $5 for adults and teens 18 – 62, and $4 for seniors 62 – 74. Seniors over 75 and children 3 and younger are admitted free. The Box Cañon Falls Visitor Center is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm during the month of May; 8 am to 8 pm from Memorial Day through Labor Day; 8 am to dusk after Labor Day. The center is closed from November through April.



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Canyon Creek spills thousands of gallons a water each minute over the falls.
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Platforms and walkways allow for safely viewing the falls at different points.
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The falls’ plunge pool is surrounded by 80-foot walls.
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Frozen falls in winter.

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