Avalanche Basin Falls is a waterfall in Flathead County, Montana, in the Canadian Rockies region, with a total height of about 1,000 feet. It lies about 26.8 miles northeast of Columbia Falls and roughly 123 miles north of Missoula as the crow flies.
At 1,000 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Montana’s 123 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 12th; the typical Montana waterfall is about 250 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
The Canadian Rockies in Montana are high, glaciated mountains of sharp peaks, cirques and U-shaped valleys with spruce-fir and lodgepole forest. Meltwater from snowfields and glaciers feeds spectacular cascades.
There are 48 recorded waterfalls in Flathead County. Floral Park Falls, a 960-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Sperry Glacier Falls, a 1,500-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Monument Falls, a 350-foot segmented waterfall, is under a mile away.
Avalanche Basin Falls is located at 48.6462° N, 113.7656° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.