Skywatch Friday: Mesa Falls
After visiting Harriman State Park last week I ventured over to Mesa Falls. Mesa Falls is administered by the U.S. Forest Service on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and is located between Rexburg and Island Park in southeastern Idaho.
The river continually chisels through layers of solidified ash and lava--over a million years old.
It's an easy walk from the parking lot to the falls although there are several steps that have to be navigated. The first thing you come to is the brink of the Upper Falls.
Tremendous view of the river. This is the Henry's Fork of the Snake River.
Then you get a view of the falls. This is the last prominent falls on the Snake River that has resisted human control. I hope it always stays that way. I hate it when a dam is built above an amazing waterfall and ruins it for all future generations.
These falls are as high as a 10-story building. They pour over the remnants of a ancient volcanic super eruption that spewed ash over much of the U.S.
The river continually chisels through layers of solidified ash and lava--over a million years old.
The walls of the canyon are as beautiful as the falls. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.
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