Agnes Vaille Falls

Agnes Vaille Falls

Photo of Agnes Vaille Falls from below
Location Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
Coordinates 38°43′14″N 106°14′04″W / 38.72056°N 106.23444°W / 38.72056; -106.23444Coordinates: 38°43′14″N 106°14′04″W / 38.72056°N 106.23444°W / 38.72056; -106.23444[1]
Type Cascade
Elevation 9,278 feet (2,828 m)

Agnes Vaille Falls is a waterfall on the southern slopes of Mount Princeton just above Chalk Creek in San Isabel National Forest, Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1] The falls has been a popular half mile hike from county road 162 near Chalk Lake.[2] On September 13, 2013 five hikers were killed and another injured at the falls by a rockslide that was likely triggered in part by the 2013 Colorado floods.[3] The trail to the falls was closed by the U.S. Forest Service following the accident, and recovery of the bodies was hampered by the United States federal government shutdown of 2013, which began the following day.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Agnes Vaille Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Agnes Vaille Falls Trail". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ Banda, P. Solomon. "Colorado Rock Slide: 5 Hikers Killed on Trail to Agnes Vaille". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Forest Service closes Agnes Vaille Falls trail following fatal rockslide". The Chaffee County Times. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
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