Cleft Falls
Wyoming · height not recorded · Grand Teton National Park · Last verified 2026-05-15
Cleft Falls is at 5,050 cfs of flow today, on the upper end of typical conditions. September averages 4.8 snow days here.
Right now
Streamflow
5,050 cfs
SNAKE RIVER AT MOOSE, · 1h ago
Overnight
37°F
Clear
Thursday
59°F
Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:56 AM · Sunset 7:44 PM · 12h 48m
Wildlife activity
Other park alerts
- Construction on North Park Road(Caution)
- Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure(Park Closure)
Snapshot built 16m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS RIW.
No verified photo yet
Cleft Falls is a waterfall in Teton County, Wyoming. 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.
Cleft Falls sits in Teton County, Wyoming. The falls are inside Grand Teton National Park, a US National Park. The base sits at roughly 8,600 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 14 minutes from Teton Village. A trail — Garnet Canyon Trail — runs within 90 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Cleft Falls is a cascade located in Garnet Canyon, Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The cascade drops approximately 50 feet (15 m) in and is highly intermittent, fed by runoff from snowmelt and the Middle Teton Glacier. The falls can be reached by way of the Garnet Canyon Trail and is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) by trail east of Spalding Falls, while further downstream is Bannock Falls.
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 13013650 · 5.8 mi away
SNAKE RIVER AT MOOSE, WY
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 2,830 cfs · 185% of last year — significantly wetter
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 | 21 | 10 | 4.2 | 21.4 |
| Feb | 21 | 9 | 4.6 | 19.2 |
| Mar | 28 | 13 | 4.8 | 21.4 |
| Apr | 34 | 19 | 4.1 | 20 |
| May | 44 | 28 | 4.5 | 16.6 |
| Jun | 57 | 37 | 3.3 | 6 |
| Jul | 70 | 49 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 67 | 47 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
| Sep | 59 | 40 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| Oct | 44 | 28 | 3.4 | 12 |
| Nov | 28 | 14 | 4.3 | 16.8 |
| Dec | 23 | 12 | 5.2 | 19.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleft Falls (this page) | — | — | — | N | — |
| Bannock Falls | 1 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Spalding Falls | 1 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Glacier Falls | 1 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Shoshoko Falls | 2 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Broken Falls | 2 mi | — | — | N | — |
Questions visitors ask about Cleft Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
Is Cleft Falls in a national or state park?
Yes — Cleft Falls is inside Grand Teton National Park. See the park page for fees, hours, and current conditions.
Can I bring my dog to Cleft Falls?
No — dogs are not allowed on trails here. Most National Park trails prohibit pets to protect wildlife. Service animals are an exception per ADA.
How far is Cleft Falls from a major city?
Cleft Falls is 10 miles from Teton Village (about 14 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
43.7240, -110.7780
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_Falls_(Teton_County%2C_Wyoming)
Wikidata (Q5131077)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5131077
GeoNames (5821423)
https://www.geonames.org/5821423/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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