Slaughterhouse Falls is a 6-foot waterfall on Roaring Fork River in Pitkin County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 2.4 miles northwest of Aspen and roughly 91.8 miles east of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 6 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 162 Colorado waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical Colorado waterfall stands around 65 feet. By form it is a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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.
Pitkin County holds 9 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Fall Creek Falls, is about 9.6 miles away. Cataract Creek Falls, is about 10.4 miles away. Maroon Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 11.1 miles away.
Slaughterhouse Falls is located at 39.2151° N, 106.8488° 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.