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Cleft Falls

Teton County, Wyoming

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Teton County, Wyoming
Access status
Partial guide: national park trail into Garnet Canyon; where the trail passes this intermittent falls is not described
The walk
Garnet Canyon trail: 8.4 miles round trip and 2,650 feet of climbing (NPS); the point where the trail passes Cleft Falls is not stated
Ground & access
Strenuous mountain trail with 2,650 feet of climbing on the full Garnet Canyon hike. Bring water. Bears are active; carry bear spray and make noise.
National Park Service: Lupine Meadows Trailhead

Cleft Falls is a cascade of about 50 feet in Garnet Canyon in Grand Teton National Park, fed by snowmelt and the Middle Teton Glacier. It is highly intermittent and can be dry. From the Teton Park Road one mile south of South Jenny Lake Junction, turn west and follow a gravel road about 1 1/2 miles to the Lupine Meadows Trailhead. The trail climbs through conifers and then shrub-covered slopes; three miles up it splits, and the south fork wraps into Garnet Canyon toward the Middle Teton. Wikipedia says Cleft Falls is reached by way of the Garnet Canyon Trail, but where on the trail the falls are seen is not described. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Lupine Meadows Trailhead off the Teton Park Road, the trail to the fork three miles up, then the south fork into Garnet Canyon

The National Park Service gives 8.4 miles round trip with 2,650 feet of climbing for the Garnet Canyon hike from Lupine Meadows, and says the trail splits three miles from the trailhead. No source gives the distance to Cleft Falls itself.

Strenuous mountain trail with 2,650 feet of climbing on the full Garnet Canyon hike. Bring water. Bears are active; carry bear spray and make noise.

Where to start

Lupine Meadows Trailhead gravel parking lot with a vault toilet and bear food storage boxes. Overnight parking only with a backcountry permit.

Timing & water

Not stated. The falls flow mainly with snowmelt and can be dry.

Before you go

Grand Teton National Park entrance pass: $35 per private vehicle. Backcountry camping needs a permit.

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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Teton County, Wyoming.

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