Name of Waterfall

Beauty Creek Falls 2

GPS Coordinates (Approximate)

95448MFG+2G

Location

95448MFG+2G

Description

The Beauty Creek Trail starts at a pullout on the east side of the Icefields Parkway 15-1/2 kilometers north of the Columbia Icefields Center in Jasper National Park. The pullout isn’t marked, so keep watch for either parked cars, or a wooden post marking the trail. Follow the trail across a dike to the old roadbed, then head right until you reach Beauty Creek. The trail climbs briefly and then levels above the gorge, with the second falls being found about 50 meters upstream from the old roadbed.Beauty Creek is a waterfall-studded stream which can be found just north of the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park. An easy trail follows along the rim of its canyon, passing eight noteworthy waterfalls in 1-1/2 kilometers, making it one of the best bang-for-your-buck hikes along the Icefields Parkway for those seeking out waterfalls. Only the final waterfall along the trail - Stanley Falls - is named, the others we have opted to refer to numerically (for the time being).
The second waterfall encountered along the creek occurs about 100 feet upstream from the first, fluming 21 feet down a pitched crack in the rock into a large blue pool. The best view of the falls is from the opposite side of the gorge, which is accessible thanks to a boulder which has wedged itself into the canyon where the walls are only a meter apart.

Other Names

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Magnitude

14.21

IWC Rating (International Waterfall Classification)

1.04

Total Height (ft)

21

Tallest Drop

21

Number of Drops

1

Average Width

5

Maximum Width

10

Average High Volume (Cubic ft per second)

50 cfs

Average Low Volume (Cubic ft per second)

0 cfs

Pitch

60 degrees

Run (ft)

30

Watershed or Feeder Stream

Mackenzie River Beauty Creek