Box Canyon (Colorado)



Box Canyon is a box canyon in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.

Description
A mining camp was established in the canyon that helped the city of Ouray establish itself as a permanent community. Box Canyon is home to Box Canyon Falls, a 285 ft waterfall, with quartzite walls that extend almost 100 ft past the falls. Access to the canyon is through a short, 500 ft foot trail to the base of the falls or a steep trail leading to the top of the falls. A fee is required to use the trails to the canyon.

Geology
Box Canyon contains an Angular Unconformity. The Elbert Formation sits on the Uncompahgre Formation which represents a geologic age difference of approximately 1.3 billion years.