Malad Gorge and Springs

One of the land formations that Roger and I discovered in a video of various sites worth seeing in Idaho is the Malad Gorge. This is found along the Malad River which feeds into the Snake River. One of the gorge’s most dramatic features is the Devil’s Washbowl. We viewed it from a very sturdy metal footbridge that enabled us to stand on top of the Devil’s Washbowl.

Footbridge crossing Malad Gorge
Devil’s Washbowl (the photo doesn’t capture the loud churning of the water)
The view from the other side of the bridge: the Malad River continuing on toward the Snake.

The remarkable thing about this site is that we have have crossed over Malad Gorge several times on our various trips across the west, but had no idea it was there, as there is no way to see this view from the highway, (which is to the right of the footbridge in the top image.) I have become very grateful to all the folk who post videos of their travels or make documentaries for Netflix of all there is to see in our country, as we wouldn’t have otherwise realized it was there.

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