Lower Calf Creek Falls in Escalante, Utah
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- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- Unknown
- Location
- Escalante, Utah
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- This photograph copyright ©2008. public domain
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Lower Calf Creek Falls in Escalante, Utah. The creek flows through a V-shaped notch in the cliffs and plunges almost 130 feet to the blue-green pool below. The walls of the cliff on either side of the falls are covered in blooms of bright green and blue algae, as well as deposits of minerals from the water. The water is slowly carving the rock away; most of the water cuts through a shallow notch in a projecting escarpment while the rest of the water deviates from it but joins at the bottom of the falls.
A sandy trail leads the visitor down Lower Calf Creek for over two miles. The trip is mostly sunny and very hot, but the falls themselves are in shade for most of the day and are covered in a veil of mist, which keeps the area around the pool cool. Most hikers stop for a swim at the pool at the bottom of the falls.
