Wolf Creek Falls is a 70-foot waterfall on Wolf Creek in Mineral County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 15.9 miles northeast of Pagosa Springs and roughly 133.7 miles north of Santa Fe as the crow flies.
At 70 feet it is taller than the typical Colorado waterfall of about 65 feet, ranking 74th of 162 with a recorded height. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
The Southern Rockies are high, rugged mountains with alpine peaks, spruce-fir and lodgepole forest, aspen groves and glacial valleys. Snowmelt drives strong spring flows over granite and volcanic cliffs. Wolf Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Wolf Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
Mineral County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Camp Creek Falls, 25 feet high, is under a mile away. Upper Lake Creek Falls, is about 1.1 miles away. Treasure Falls, a 105-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 2 miles away.
Wolf Creek Falls is located at 37.4708° N, 106.8698° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.