Twin Falls is a 130-foot waterfall on Sneffels Creek in Ouray County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 4.2 miles northeast of Telluride and roughly 86 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 130 feet it is taller than the typical Colorado waterfall of about 65 feet, ranking 46th of 162 with a recorded height. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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. Sneffels Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Twin Falls is the tallest of them.
Ouray County holds 23 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Governor Basin Falls, a cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Potosi Peak Falls, a 65-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Sneffels Creek Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away.
Twin Falls is located at 37.9832° N, 107.7624° 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.