Bridal Veil Falls
Colorado · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Bridal Veil Falls is light today (33 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Expect dry conditions today — don't drive out for this one. Flow is at 33.6 cfs (bottom 0% of the last 30 days, vs. 53.8 cfs average). The 7-day NOAA forecast shows no significant rain.
Right now
Streamflow
33.3 cfs
SOUTH FORK SAN MIGUEL · 33m ago
Overnight
44°F
Mostly Clear
Friday
70°F
Mostly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:57 AM · Sunset 8:35 PM · 14h 38m
Snapshot built 12m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GJT.
Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall in San Miguel County, Colorado. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Bridal Veil Falls sits in San Miguel County, Colorado. The base sits at roughly 10,096 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 4 minutes from Telluride. A trail — Bridal Veil Wagon Road — runs within 60 meters of the marked location. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top. In winter the frozen shape of the falls forms an imposing challenge to intrepid ice climbers.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 09171310 · 7.5 mi away
SOUTH FORK SAN MIGUEL RIVER NEAR OPHIR, CO
View live discharge data →
30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 79.2 cfs · 42% of last year — significantly drier
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 8 | 2.4 | 16.6 |
| Feb | 27 | 8 | 2.6 | 16.4 |
| Mar | 32 | 14 | 3.4 | 20 |
| Apr | 40 | 20 | 2 | 15.4 |
| May | 50 | 28 | 1.6 | 13.8 |
| Jun | 63 | 37 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| Jul | 69 | 44 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Aug | 68 | 44 | 3.3 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 62 | 38 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
| Oct | 50 | 26 | 1.8 | 10.4 |
| Nov | 37 | 13 | 2 | 12 |
| Dec | 30 | 9 | 2.5 | 15.2 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridal Veil Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Ingram Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Ingram Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Bear Creek Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Cornel Falls | 3 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Sneffels Creek Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Bridal Veil Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Bridal Veil Falls from a major city?
Bridal Veil Falls is 3 miles from Telluride (about 4 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
37.9192, -107.7700
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridal_Veil_Falls_(Telluride)
Wikidata (Q4966084)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966084
GeoNames (5414914)
https://www.geonames.org/5414914/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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