Leon Turnbull Photography

Slaughter Ravine Falls is a very tall waterfall in Colfax dropping into the North Fork American River. It only gets a lot of flow in the winter, after much rain, and it is definitely flowing well right now.

You can see it partially from across the river but it is difficult to get up close to and photograph. There is a bottom section, however, that you can get to. This section is only about 15 ft. high, but is kinda pretty.

After our family outing to Windy Pt. to see the wildflowers, I stopped here to try to get to this waterfall. Nekoda was too tired, so she stayed in the car with mommy, while Jadon and I went exploring. There is a lot of prickly brush around the bottom of the falls, and we had to trudge right through it. But it was trampled down enough from other people going there, that it wasn’t too bad, and we were able to get to the waterfall without too much difficulty. No ticks either. Jadon waited (somewhat) patiently while I climbed down to the creek to get some photos. Afterwards, we rewarded the kids by taking them to McDonalds in Colfax. It was a fun outing.