Bridal Veil Falls

One for the list

Is it plungeworthy?

—feet tall

A tiered horsetail.

Scale12/60

Documentation10/20

Character14/20

The details

Type: Tiered Horsetail
Coordinates: 40.33831, -111.60108

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About Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls is a tiered horsetail in Utah.

Fed largely by snowmelt, it runs hardest in late spring and early summer and can thin to a trickle by late season.

Plungeworthy rates Bridal Veil Falls 3.6/10 — one for the list. The score weighs its scale, how confidently it's mapped, and its character.

What you'll find

A 607-foot double cascade veiling down Provo Canyon's wall, visible in full from the parking area — Utah's most-seen waterfall and its easiest giant. An aerial tram once ran to a clifftop restaurant here until a 1996 avalanche erased it.

Heads up: a $7M county rebuild runs through 2027 — the lower lot and base bridges close in phases. The falls view from the upper lot and Nunn's Park never closes.

Getting there

Trailhead: Bridal Veil Falls parking / Nunn's Park, US-189, Provo Canyon
Parking: Upper lot and Nunn's Park open; lower lot closed during construction phases
Road: Paved, year-round
Hike: 0.25 mi round trip, 50 ft of climb (easy)
Heads up: The paved Provo River Parkway trail rolls right past — bikes welcome.

When to go

May–June for peak runoff; winter turns it into a famous ice-climbing wall. Viewable every day of the year from the canyon floor.

Rules & fees

Fee / pass: Free — county park
Warnings: Construction zones move around through 2027 — obey the fencing.

Researched from KSL — Bridal Veil reconstruction. Conditions change — verify before you drive. Been to Bridal Veil Falls recently? Post a conditions report below.

Where it is

Before you go

The pin marks the feature, not a trailhead or a legal route in. Some sit on private land or need a real hike, and conditions change with season and rain. Check local access, don't trespass, and never enter water — hot or cold — where it isn't safe.