Latir
Falls
…my two girls, Lichen and Echo rest at the base of Latir
Falls with their dad.
… several other falls are nearby…!!!
beta facts:
name- Latir Falls
height- 50’
elevation- 11,500’
GPS coordinates- ±36°48.210’N 105°27.540’W
flow- perennial
season- summer and fall
accommodations- none
ownership- private – Costilla Land and
Cattle Co.
access- ¼ mile hike after 6 miles of
4-wheel drive road and 6 miles of gravel road
nearest town- Costilla is about 25 miles
north of here
fun fact- you are on top of the world…!!!
essay bro:
The northern most trout stream in New
Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo (blood of Christ) mountains is Costilla Creek. Its
western most tributary is Latir Creek whose source is a chain of nine
timberline lakes – Latir Lakes.
Doesn’t that topo map below look like a real “Dream Land”. You will find Latir Falls making its
50-foot leap among other cascades between lake #3 and lake #4. The volume of water flowing over the
falls is quite low in the photo above as it was autumn… of a very dry
year.
Latir Creek lies on private land… from end
to end. Costilla Land and Cattle
Company of Costilla, NM invites you to visit, camp, fish, hunt, shoot photos or
just kick back and relax… and you will find their fee extremely
reasonable. We usually have the
whole 9 lakes to ourselves. Take
highway 68 north of Taos 40 miles, at Costilla turn left and continue past
Amalia 9 miles. This is where
you’ll find a homemade sign saying Latir Lakes along with a register box. Fill out the form, include some cash
and head up a beautiful, adventure filled jeep road 6 miles to paradise.
All 12 lakes on this map below are full of
cutthroat trout.
Enhanced
National Geographic 7.5’ topo map
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