Wolf Creek, Colorado, US
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01. Downstream from Highway 160 Bridge
| Usual Difficulty |
IV+ (for normal flows) |
| Length |
0.25 Miles |
Second falls
Second fallsPhoto of Gordon Dalton by Wendy Knick taken 6/2001
River Description
From Gordon Dalton
You can see this short run from roadside. The first drop is a slightly tilted waterfall immediately
after exiting a tunnel under Hwy. 160. The LZ abruptly trickles into some shallow, woody rapids
which go for about 100 yards before falling over a second, vertical 20-footer. Take-out after that
drop, scramble back to the vehicle, and continue on to your next adventure.
PUT-IN: Highway 160 makes a sharp hairpin turn just North of the Treasure Falls turnout. Put-in
above the culvert where Hwy. 160 crosses Wolf Creek. There is a little drop right above the tunnel
that is runnable.
TAKE-OUT: After the second waterfall. Runs above this section, and down to the West Fork have
apparently been made (reports are of log choked class V). (The lat/longitude coords of the takeout
are approximate.)
!!!NOT JUST A HIKE OUT, pretty bad scree field after the second 20fter. -Cody Howard
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2009-04-19 13:01:15
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User Comments
below the 160 bridge to the 20 footer, but this creek has plenty class 5++ to offer above the 160
bridge starting from the first small pond a few miles down from the ski resort in the Wolf Creek
pass. There even seems to be a few unrunnable box canyon falls inbetween the resort and the 160
bridge. When I scouted this run it was hard to even get close to them, but I would estimate their
hieght to be around 50 ft. plus easly. There is also some less difficult but still class 5 calaber
whitewater below the "second falls". This run continous with good gradient and plenty
more vertical all the way down to the valley below; which I believe is mostly private property.