Box Canyon is a box canyoninOuray County, Colorado, United States.[1]
Amining camp was established in the canyon that helped the city of Ouray establish itself as a permanent community.[2] Box Canyon is home to Box Canyon Falls, a 285 feet (87 m) waterfall, with quartzite walls that extend almost 100 ft (30 m) past the falls.[3] Access to the canyon is through a short, 500 feet (150 m) foot trail to the base of the falls or a steep trail leading to the top of the falls.[4] A fee is required to use the trails to the canyon.[4]
Box Canyon contains an Angular Unconformity. The Elbert Formation sits on the Uncompahgre Formation which represents a geologic age difference of approximately 1.3 billion years.[5][6]
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38°01′06″N 107°40′44″W / 38.01833°N 107.67889°W / 38.01833; -107.67889
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