Lisa Falls flows over slickrock more than 30 feet tall in Little Cottonwood Canyon, southeast of Salt Lake City, distinctive for cascading sideways down the rock face. A very short trail from a pullout on Little Cottonwood Canyon Road reaches the base.
Its 30 ft drop is taller than about 24% of the 775 waterfalls we track.
The falls are fed by Lisa Falls Gulch (Little Cottonwood Creek tributary). It lies in Salt Lake, Utah. The site is on public land managed by Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (USFS).
This is a short hike waterfall: reached by a short trail, generally under about a mile each way. The walk in is brief — comfortable shoes are usually all you need. The walk to the main viewpoint runs about 0.45 miles round trip. The nearest town is Alta.
When to go: late spring to early summer. Flow usually peaks after snowmelt and heavy rain and tapers through late summer — a quick look at recent streamflow and the managing agency's conditions page can save a wasted trip.
