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Little Dolores Falls

Rating:

Round Trip Distance: 0.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 6596 - 6696 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 30 mins.
Trailhead: The Falls Campground
Fee: none
Attractions: Scenic falls

The Little Dolores Falls are located in the Glade Park area near Grand Junction, Colorado. The site is a popular swimming hole during the summer months. Multiple pools are good for swimming and wading with one that is a little deeper that is used for cliff jumping. When the currents are swift, as during spring time and when thunderstorms are in the area, the water should be avoided. People have lost their lives at the falls while swimming and cliff jumping even when conditions may have been considered ideal.

Rating:

Round Trip Distance: 6.2 miles
Difficulty: Strenuous
Elevation: 5368 - 6713 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 6 hrs.
Trailhead: Mee Canyon
Fee: none
Attractions: Scenic canyon adventure

The Mee Canyon trail is located in the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Area near Grand Junction, Colorado. The trail begins on the west side of Black Ridge where it descends for about 1.8 miles to where it drops into a side branch of Mee Canyon. At the drop in point the trail passes through a small arch and down a ladder. Multiple scrambles come up as the trail works its way over one bench after another as it gets deeper into the head of the canyon. At one point hikers must crawl through a small opening at the point of a cliff followed later by a walk along a narrow ledge. The usual destination is to a massive cavern that is roughly 300 feet deep by 200 feet wide and 80 feet high.

Rating:

Round Trip Distance: 2 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation: 6592 - 6986 feet
Cellphone: 0-1 bars
Time: 1 hr.
Trailhead: Miracle Rock Picnic Area
Fee: none
Attractions: Scenic arch

Miracle Rock Arch is located in the Glade Park area near Grand Junction, Colorado. The natural freestanding arch sits at the end of a ridge about a half mile past the areas more famous geological structure known as Miracle Rock.