GC2C1MK Ouzel Falls & Calypso Cascade
Type: Earth | Size: Other | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: GeekWill @ | Hide Date: 07/20/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 11.925 W105° 36.022 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

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It is about a 2 to 3 mile hike to Ouzel Falls and along the way you will see Calypso Cascade. This is a great hike to take the kids on. I would sugest packing a picnic lunch and taking it with you, but remember the CITO principles.

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There are ten types of waterfalls:

Block: Water descends from a relatively wide stream or river.

Cascade: Water descends a series of rock steps.

Cataract: A large, powerful waterfall.

Fan: Water spreads horizontally as it descends while remaining in contact with bedrock.

Horsetail: Descending water maintains some contact with bedrock.

Plunge: Water descends vertically, losing contact with the bedrock surface.

Punchbowl: Water descends in a constricted form and then spreads out in a wider pool.

Segmented: Distinctly separate flows of water form as it descends.

Tiered: Water drops in a series of distinct steps or falls.

Multi-step: A series of waterfalls one after another of roughly the same size each with its own sunken plunge pool.

To Log this Cache you must tell me what kind of waterfalls Calypso Cascades and Ouzel Falls are. Also take pictures of the Waterfalls as those are always beautiful. If you continue along the trail you will reach a lake called Ouzel Lake which is also very beautiful but not necessary to visit to log this cache. There are also views of Longs Peak along the way so enjoy.

NOTE: Please use only the trails to get to the waterfalls. Maps are available at the entrance station.

Have fun hiking and enjoy the Rocky Mountains!

06/06/2019 By aerogeek
Finally getting around to logging all my vacation caches. Did a 2 week vacation to hit all the national parks and some of the national monuments in the state. Thanks for the cache!

03/17/2019 By robuster91
amazing hike and wonderful winter views thanks for the earth cache and i sent you the answers via messager thanks again for bring me to this spot

10/22/2018 By geojrh
What a great hike and fantastic views. Answers sent to the CO.

07/20/2018 By HendrickClan
What a great and scenic trail! Will need to return here sometime with other members of the family. TFTC!

07/20/2018 By screechybird
Cool earthcache! We hiked past the waterfalls on the way to (and back) from Ouzel Lake, where we camped for two nights. Thanks for the cool cache! Answers sent.

07/03/2018 By Greg1019
#6500 A pleasant hike to Ouzel Falls with several family members visiting EP for a reunion. Thanks for the lesson and another good reason to make this trek. Answers emailed to CO.

06/20/2018 By BuckeyeView
Beautiful hike, second time up here, last time bridge was being rebuilt by Ouzel, but this year we made it up to Lion Lake. TFTEC

06/12/2018 By icezebra11
Had a warm, yet very nice hike up to Ouzel Lake. I've spent a lot of time in RMNP from Longs Peak north but this was my first time in Wild Basin. What a beautiful area! On the way to the lake I stopped to enjoy both falls areas to interpret what types of falls they are. I found they are very different from each other. I've emailed my answers to the CO. Thanks GeekWill for establishing this nice EC!!!