"Bear Creek runs north from Lena Basin and into Bear Creek Canyon, south of Telluride. Cool waters slip down the cliff face and splash over red-brown rock in a translucent sheet of light and mist at Bear Creek Falls. The hike to Bear Creek Falls begins in town, and climbs steadily up an aspen-lined road south of Telluride, in the Bear Creek Preserve. Spruce and fir keep most of the hike in the shade, but you’ll soon have distant views of a waterfall cascade in the cliffs to the east, and mountaintops ahead. A faint, intermittent trail crosses the road and connects Bear Creek Trail with Bridal Veil Trail, and it’s marked with numerous cairns in the preserve." Read more