Fish Creek Falls, Waterfall in Routt National Forest, Colorado, United States.

Fish Creek Falls is a waterfall in Routt National Forest, Colorado, that plunges roughly 86 meters through a glacial valley, forming a powerful cascade. Multiple viewing platforms positioned along maintained trails allow visitors to observe the falls from different angles and distances.

Fish Creek drains several small lakes in the Rabbit Ears Range before dropping 283 feet (86 m) near Steamboat Springs. The land around it is part of Routt National Forest, and the falls lie about 5 miles east of town at the end of Fish Creek Falls Road. From the parking lot there, two trails start: a quarter-mile route through aspen groves to a viewing station, and a descent into the glacially carved U-shaped valley that continues to Upper Fish Creek Falls and the Wyoming Trail.

Fish Creek, which feeds the falls, runs down from several small lakes in the Rabbit Ears Range. The upper trail from the falls continues to Upper Fish Creek Falls and then joins the Wyoming Trail, a long route running through the northwestern mountains of Colorado into Wyoming. In winter, when more than 300 inches of snow fall on the mountains east of Steamboat Springs, the frozen falls are used for ice climbing.

From the parking lot at the end of Fish Creek Falls Road, two trails start: a quarter-mile (400 m) route through aspen groves to a viewing station for the whole 283-foot (86 m) fall, and a steeper trail descending into the U-shaped glacial valley toward Upper Fish Creek Falls and the Wyoming Trail. The road often clogs in mid-afternoon in summer, so arrive earlier. In winter over 300 inches (7.6 m) of snow fall on the mountains east of Steamboat Springs.

Winter transforms the falls into a frozen vertical column of ice that draws experienced climbers who scale its slick surface as a technical sport. This seasonal change creates a completely different experience than the cascading water seen during warmer months.