Porcupine Ridge Falls is a waterfall in Glacier County, Montana, in the Canadian Rockies region, with a total height of about 800 feet. It lies about 38.9 miles northeast of Whitefish and roughly 141.9 miles north of Missoula as the crow flies.
At 800 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Montana’s 123 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 20th; the typical Montana waterfall is about 250 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
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 83 recorded waterfalls in Glacier County. Lake Frances Falls, a 1,625-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Thunderbird Falls, a 400-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Brown Pass Falls, is about 3 miles away.
Porcupine Ridge Falls is located at 48.9258° N, 113.9935° 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.