Alphabet Waterfall Hikes - Cataract Gorge--Little Deer Creek Falls

Cataract Gorge

Little Deer Creek Falls

8/28/2020--Cataract Gorge/Little Deer Creek Falls, Uintas, Utah; 6 miles; 1200' Elevation gain; 4.5 hours

8/28/2020 We finally made it to Cataract Gorge. The Murdock Basin Road was open (the road was closed earlier because of a forest fire) so we drove about 3 miles down it until we really couldn't go any further in the car (not a well-maintained road). We parked and walked about 1/4 mile to Forest Road 027 and started on our journey.

Forest Road 027

The rocky road

Beautiful Day

As we continued down the road, Kurt kept saying, "We are going to have to climb out of here." The elevation gain was in coming back.

First Waterfall

We saw this waterfall just from the road.

Rocky Ledge

I could hear water and as we looked south of the road we saw this rocky ledge.

Next Waterfall

As we left the road and walked on the rocky ledge we saw more waterfalls.

Flat Rock Ledge

We walked upstream on this rock ledge to see more waterfalls.

Pretty Falls

Kurt made me rock climb to get to this perch over the water.

Looking down stream

Heading up stream

These three pictures are of the waterfall I was sitting by but looking down from above it.

On the rock ledge

We were climbing up, over, down, and around.

Beautiful Waterfall

We are moving down stream.

Same Waterfall

We are at the bottom of this waterfall, looking up.

Same Waterfall

Next Waterfall

Heading downstream again.

Top of Little Deer Creek Falls

We finally came to the Gorge and Falls.

Looking down from the Top

We could either hike back to the road or find a way down the mountain. (We could go no further following the stream.) So we bushwacked our way down--following an animal trail and sliding down on our bums.

The Gorge and Falls

You can see there was no way down following the stream.

Closer Up

Kurt

Colleen

Lake below Dam

The dam is upper left corner of picture. It dams the Duschene River.

Marker at the Dam

Reservoir

There is a tunnel called the Duschene Tunnel (10' in diameter and 6 miles long) that diverts water from this reservoir to the Provo River water drainage.

Mt. Baldy

We started up, up, up the road and saw Mt. Baldy peeking through the vista.

Small Falls

We went off the road on the way up and saw these small falls.

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