slgwv's photos with the keyword: Hell's Canyon

Retrieving a dummy! Hell's Canyon Reservoir, Idaho, USA.

Oregon on the left, Idaho on the right. Looking downstream from near the base of Hell's Canyon Dam. This is the put-in point for river trips. All the good rapids are in the first few hours; then the countryside, and the river, get a bit flatter. So you can then take a float trip all the way to Lewiston, Idaho, for a couple of days--or, you can catch the jet boat going back upstream thru the rapids and do it all in a day! That's what we did.

Hell's Canyon reservoir, Idaho side.

Hell's Canyon reservoir, Idaho side.

Oregon side, looking toward Idaho. Snake River at the bottom of the canyon. Rush Creek rapids (IIRC) are visible to the right. An underexposed slide from 30 years ago, but it may have some historical value ;) Hell's Canyon, formed by the Snake River, a major tributary of the Columbia, is claimed to be the deepest gorge in North America, deeper than the Grand Canyon. It marks the state line between Oregon (to the west) and Idaho (to the east). In 2003 we took a commercial river trip down the Snake and were able to look back up at this point--no pic, alas!

Looking toward the Idaho side.