Box Canyon Falls Park

Box Canyon Falls Park sits a half-mile southwest of downtown Ouray on Box Canyon Road. Canyon Creek plunges 285 feet through a slot of quartzite walls barely 20 feet wide before joining the Uncompahgre River below. A steel catwalk and boardwalk system built into the canyon walls lets visitors stand almost directly above the falls. The park is managed by the City of Ouray and charges a small day-use fee; restrooms and a small nature center are on site. Ouray itself — the 'Switzerland of America' — is the natural regrouping town on the San Juan Skyway and hosts hundreds of motorcyclists passing through on US-550 each summer day.