Upper Ipasha Falls is a waterfall in Glacier County, Montana, in the Canadian Rockies region, with a total height of about 480 feet. It lies about 36.8 miles northeast of Columbia Falls and roughly 136.6 miles north of Missoula as the crow flies.
At 480 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Montana’s 123 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 30th; 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 83 recorded waterfalls in Glacier County. Ipasha Falls, a 580-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Pyramid Creek Falls, a 500-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Ahern Glacier Falls, a 1,680-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away.
Upper Ipasha Falls is located at 48.8448° N, 113.8084° 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 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.