Columbine Cascade
Wyoming · height not recorded · Grand Teton National Park · Last verified 2026-05-15
Columbine Cascade is at 5,020 cfs of flow today, on the upper end of typical conditions.
Right now
Streamflow
5,020 cfs
SNAKE RIVER NEAR MORAN, · 5m ago
Overnight
51°F
Patchy Smoke
Tuesday
66°F
Patchy Smoke
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:06 AM · Sunset 8:52 PM · 14h 45m
Wildlife activity
Other park alerts
- Measles outbreak in Teton County(Danger)
- Death Canyon Trailhead Construction Closure(Park Closure)
Snapshot built 13m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS RIW.
No verified photo yet
Columbine Cascade 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.
Columbine Cascade sits in Teton County, Wyoming. The falls are inside Grand Teton National Park, a US National Park. The base sits at roughly 8,315 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 24 minutes from Alta. No mapped trail runs within 200 meters — expect bushwhacking or off-trail navigation to reach the lip. 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.
Columbine Cascade is a waterfall in Waterfalls Canyon, a part of the Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The cascade drops approximately 250 feet (76 m) in Hanging Canyon, fed by an unnamed intermittent stream off a glacial lake. The waterfall also receives snowmelt from Ranger Peak to the north Doane Peak to the southwest and Eagles Rest Peak to the south. Less than .5 miles (0.80 km) upstream, the same unnamed creek flows over another steep section known as Wilderness Falls The peak time for waterflow is during spring snowmelt and the falls are visible across Jackson Lake from the Colter Bay Village area.
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 13011000 · 9.1 mi away
SNAKE RIVER NEAR MORAN, WY
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 2,080 cfs · 239% 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 | 22 | 12 | 3.6 | 21.8 |
| Feb | 22 | 9 | 3.6 | 18.4 |
| Mar | 29 | 15 | 3.6 | 20.4 |
| Apr | 35 | 19 | 2.9 | 17 |
| May | 44 | 29 | 3 | 14.4 |
| Jun | 57 | 37 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| Jul | 71 | 46 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 68 | 47 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 61 | 40 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Oct | 46 | 31 | 3.2 | 10.8 |
| Nov | 31 | 22 | 4 | 19.4 |
| Dec | 25 | 17 | 5.1 | 21.4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbine Cascade (this page) | — | — | — | N | — |
| Wilderness Falls | 0 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Ribbon Cascade | 10 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Hidden Falls | 10 mi | 100 ft | easy · 1.2 mi | N | $35 |
| Broken Falls | 12 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Glacier Falls | 13 mi | — | — | N | — |
Questions visitors ask about Columbine Cascade
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
Is Columbine Cascade in a national or state park?
Yes — Columbine Cascade is inside Grand Teton National Park. See the park page for fees, hours, and current conditions.
Can I bring my dog to Columbine Cascade?
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 Columbine Cascade from a major city?
Columbine Cascade is 17 miles from Alta (about 24 minutes' drive).
More waterfalls in Wyoming
Where it is
43.9165, -110.7500
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_Cascade_(Teton_County%2C_Wyoming)
Wikidata (Q5149963)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5149963
GeoNames (5821717)
https://www.geonames.org/5821717/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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