Name: Alluvial Fan Trail
Rating: 4.1

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This alluvial fan was created during the great Lawn Lake floods of 1982. An alluvial fan occurs when fast flowing water, in this case a flooded river, disperses onto flatter land and deposits the sediment and debris that it was transporting.

This natural phenomena makes for an interesting spectacle and features various veins of the Roaring River as it cascades down the rocks.

There are parking areas on both sides of this short trail, making it a quick and easy diversion during a drive through the park.

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Land Manager: National Park Service - Rocky Mountain National Park

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Trail Ratings

4.1 from 17 votes

#6

in Trail Ridge Road

#7222

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4.1 from 17 votes

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#6

in Trail Ridge Road

#513

in Colorado

#7,222

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Feb 9, 2015 near Estes Park, CO

Jan 8, 2015 near Estes Park, CO

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Jun 5, 2025

Anonymous

Beautiful water flow. Less steep from other parking lot 0.5mi — 0h 30m

Apr 16, 2025

Dave Cerlanek

Jun 2, 2024

Elisabeth Corello

0.3mi

Aug 13, 2023

Dylan Pradas

Nice falls and rock slide. Would be great for girls to play in slower moving area across the street

Jul 19, 2023

Ashley Baker

Aug 25, 2022

Rosie Betenbaugh

0.3mi — 2h 23m

Aug 25, 2022

Rosie Betenbaugh

0.3mi — 2h 23m

Jul 30, 2022

Mackenzie Munie

Jun 3, 2022

Jeffrey Bergeson

May 13, 2022

alex carlton

A lot of people but cool falls saw dude in ghilli suit — 12h 00m

Aug 14, 2021

Amy Shaffer

Beautiful!

Jul 28, 2021

Laura Vanchiere

Dec 26, 2020

Liz Rogers

Cute bridge - go back and climb on the rocks! 0.3mi

Jul 13, 2020

Mackenzie Munie

Jul 13, 2020

Paula M

Jul 8, 2020

Andy M

Jun 17, 2020

Russ Schultz

Great hike! The water is high there are lots of great spots to relax and enjoy the view. We stopped and had a picnic by the river-1.5 miles in.

Dec 25, 2019

Bidisha BC

Oct 2, 2019

Angela Meyer

Short ascending hike to the alluvial fan; fun to scramble on the rocks and enjoy the waterfalls.

Aug 8, 2019

Matt Sabin

0.3mi — 5h 00m

Jul 9, 2019

Benjamin Ellis

Jun 24, 2019

Wesley Treadway

Jun 20, 2019

Valerie Stokes

May 16, 2019

Somer B

May 16, 2019

Matt Kovars

Sep 14, 2018

Surakshith Mysore

Jul 28, 2018

Jeff D

Jul 23, 2018

Brian Anton

Jul 11, 2018

Lindsay Toenges

Jul 10, 2018

Janet Rozick

Jul 1, 2018

Sabyasachi Chakraborty

Jul 1, 2018

H D

Beautiful falls ... very cold water

Jun 29, 2018

Omar Albayati

Jun 26, 2018

George Hradecky

Jun 2, 2018

M Rose

Jun 2, 2018

R C

Don’t do bouldering paths like this with Glenda. 1mi

May 18, 2018

Steven McPhail

Short trail with awesome waterfall

Sep 12, 2017

Dennis McDowell

Aug 26, 2017

Roger Chesser

Aug 23, 2017

Molly Maron

Jul 10, 2017

David Owen

Nice hike this morning

Jul 4, 2017

Andrew Demolat

Awesome! So much extra than listed!

Jun 7, 2017

Nathan Rosson

Mar 28, 2017

Mike Maxwell

Aug 11, 2016

Tami Smith

Kids loved the rocks!

Jul 5, 2016

Marcus Scott

It rained

Jul 3, 2016

Andrew Ziola

May 28, 2016

Marisa Toivonen

Jul 16, 2015

Michele S

Mar 30, 2014

Mike Langenkamp

Sep 10, 2012

Kim H.

Sep 20, 2006

Brent Nelson

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Alluvial Fan Trail

“A short trail traversing the alluvial fan created where Roaring River enters the Fall River Valley. ”

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