Lower Ingram Falls
San Miguel County, Colorado
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- San Miguel County, Colorado
- Access status
- Partial guide: lower and upper Ingram drops are not separated by any source; closer approach unconfirmed
- The walk
- Viewpoint from the road end; distance to a closer view unknown
- Ground & access
- The Bridal Veil road is a busy 4WD road shared with hikers and bikers. Ingram Creek can be a stream crossing at high flow.
Drive east through Telluride on Colorado Avenue to the end of the box canyon. Ingram Falls is the waterfall visible behind the town, often mistaken for Bridal Veil Falls. Hikers can continue up the Bridal Veil road or Bridal Veil Trail, which cross Ingram Creek, for closer views. The sources read do not say which drop is the lower one.
Plan your visit
East end of Colorado Avenue at the end of the Telluride box canyon, view of Ingram Falls
Visitors see Ingram Falls from town and the end of the box canyon. No measured walking distance to a closer view of the lower drop was found. Road distance is not a walk.
The Bridal Veil road is a busy 4WD road shared with hikers and bikers. Ingram Creek can be a stream crossing at high flow.
Where to start
Limited parking at the end of the box canyon near the Idarado Mine area and the bottom of Bridal Veil Falls; obey all parking signs.
Timing & water
The 4WD road is closed in winter, and Visit Telluride discourages winter hiking toward the falls because of rockfall and avalanches.
Before you go
No fee information found.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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