Yellow Rose Falls is a waterfall on Imogene Creek in Ouray County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 50 feet. It lies about 4.9 miles east of Telluride and roughly 88.7 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 95th of 162. The water comes down as a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls.
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.
There are 23 recorded waterfalls in Ouray County. Imogene Falls, a cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Sneffels Creek Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Fall Creek Falls, is about 2.3 miles away.
Yellow Rose Falls is located at 37.9544° N, 107.7248° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.