Lower
Wheeler Creek Cascades
There are many waterfalls
on Wheeler Creek below Horseshoe Lake in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness Area.
I separate them and
describe them as three waterfalls:
Wheeler
Creek Cascades ...is the upper portion 400’ high
Wheeler
Creek Falls ...is the middle portion 70’ high
and
Lower Wheeler Creek
Cascades ...is the lower portion 250’ high – shown on this page
These are all wonderful
waterfalls and each section of falls here are quite worthy of their own special
recognition.
Wheeler
Creek Lower Cascades are about 250’ high.
They are a hundred yards or so below the main Wheeler Falls. There are many substantial individual falls
here that all cut thru a common layer of solid bedrock.
These
photos may or may-not be in order… there’s alotta
falls here and I couldn’t keep track… sorry…
Here’s
a 30’ high tier. This is the 30’ falls
shown un-named, on the topo map below.
Wheeler
Creek Lower Cascade
…a
50’ high section
…a
35’ tier
…another
50’ tier
…a
40’ section …purdy
nice, huh…???
Wheeler
Creek Lower Cascades
pretty
good, pretty good…. Pretty neat, pretty neat…!!!
beta facts:
name- Lower Wheeler Creek Cascades
height- 250’
elevation- 11,111’
GPS coordinates- ±36°34.214’N 105°23.792’W
flow- always strong
season- July to Oct… the early bird will fight snow drifts but
will see the best water-show
accommodations- Wheeler Peak Wilderness
ownership- Carson National Forest
access- 4½ miles on trail
#56 to Wheeler Creek then downstream a hundred yards or so…
nearest town- Red River is about 10 miles
North of here
fun fact- people who never leave the trail,
never see these waterfalls
essay bro
These are very high and beautiful cascading
waterfalls.
How high… is hard to say.
It drops about 250’ all total... but the
real waterfall is the first 30’ drop below Wheeler Creek Falls. These Lower Wheeler Creek Cascades are not
named on our map below because there is not room for all these words on that
map. However
you will see the small blue cascade hash marks below an un-named 30’ falls...
this is the Lower Wheeler Creek Cascades.
Wheeler Creek Falls and Wheeler Creek
Cascades are listed on a separate page of their own. Please enjoy all of the many waterfalls of
the upper Red River.
Right-click-save-as
to make yourself a copy of our map below
To see a larger, updated and more detailed map of this entire Wheeler Peak Area, click here: http://www.dougscottart.com/hobbies/waterfalls/TaosMtnsSEquad.htm
and here: http://www.dougscottart.com/hobbies/waterfalls/TaosMtnsMap.htm
Enhanced USGS 7.5’ topo map
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