Lower Wildhorse Basin Falls is a waterfall on Wildhorse Creek in Ouray County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 27 feet. It lies about 5 miles east of Ouray and roughly 88.5 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 27 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 127th of 162. The tallest single drop is 15 feet. The water comes down as 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. Wildhorse Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 150 feet.
There are 23 recorded waterfalls in Ouray County. Blackwall Creek Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away. Wildhorse Basin Falls, a 75-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Wildhorse Basin Falls, a 150-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away.
Lower Wildhorse Basin Falls is located at 38.0313° N, 107.5809° 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.