Ojo
Sarco Falls
Ojo Sarco Creek Takes a 20 - foot
splashing plunge.
Three and seven tenths of a mile southeast
of Dixon state road 580 will begin climbing a steep hill. Don’t climb it. Find a place to park off
the road and walk over to the small stream beside you. Follow this tiny creek up stream to
waterfall land. The lowest falls,
pictured above is the highest.
However a dozen or more waterfalls hide within the steep canyon
above. This is as fine of a waterfall
lover’s hike as there is. The
canyon above will make you think you are in the South Pacific… and unless you
are willing to “swim hike” you will have to perform some very risky rock
climbing.
A half-mile north of Ojo Sarco Falls is a
1000-foot deep, sheer walled box canyon known as the Embudo Box. Within this gorge are many nice but
hard to get to falls. An
especially nice one is at the Trampas Creek confluence. This area of Embudo Creek is a much
overlooked backcountry lovers paradise that is rich with hungry Brown Trout.
(see also Caņada del
Agua Falls, Trampas Falls,
and Cheezegrater
Falls)
Enhanced
National Geographic 7.5’ topo map
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