Nearly 300-foot cascade at an accessible day-use fee area with wheelchair-friendly overlook trail and springtime footbridge closure.
$5/vehicle day-use fee (or $30 annual pass), payable on-site or via Recreation.gov
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Based on this listing's approximate location — see the note on coordinates below.
The footbridge just below the falls has an annual, temporary spring closure (roughly April 1 through Memorial Day) for public safety during high runoff; the picnic site and wheelchair-accessible upper overlook remain open and the falls remain viewable (per USFS).
Fish Creek Falls is a nearly 300-foot waterfall at a U.S. Forest Service day-use area near Steamboat Springs. The site offers multiple ways to experience the falls: a wheelchair-accessible overlook trail for accessible viewing and a lower dirt trail to the base.
A day-use fee ($5/vehicle or $30 annual pass) is required. Note that the footbridge crossing below the falls is closed annually from approximately April 1 through Memorial Day for public safety during high spring runoff; however, the accessible upper overlook remains open so visitors can still view the falls during this period.
Best visited May through October for full base-of-falls access, or any time for overlook viewing.
Year-round, but visit April 1–Memorial Day with the understanding that the footbridge below the falls is closed for public safety during high spring runoff; the accessible upper overlook remains open.
1 to 2 hours
Wheelchair-accessible overlook trail available per USFS; full base-of-falls access requires navigating the footbridge.
Footbridge is closed April 1 through Memorial Day; base-of-falls access is restricted during this high-water period.
$5/vehicle day-use fee (or $30 annual pass), payable on-site or via Recreation.gov
The managing agency's page (linked below) has the current trailhead and route details — round-trip distance wasn't published when we checked.
We track 5 waterfalls in Colorado Western Slope.
fs.usda.gov
USFS Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest official trail/recreation page: day-use fee area, describes the falls as "nearly 300-foot-tall," and states there is a wheelchair-accessible overlook trail plus a dirt trail to the base. Annual footbridge closure past the falls confirmed via USFS news release. Checked Sept 2026.
Checked September 2026.