Travel + Leisure on MSN

This Western U.S. Canyon Is Deeper Than the Grand Canyon and Spans 2 States—and It Has Few Crowds and Stunning River Views

This is one of the West's best hidden gems.
NPR

Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in the U.S., is surprisingly young

Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in the United States, likely got rapidly carved 2.1 million years ago when a shifting landscape in Idaho caused a giant lake to start overflowing. That's ...
OPB

Eastern Oregon’s Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in the US, is surprisingly young

That’s according to a new study that looked at ancient river sediments that have long been hidden away inside the canyon’s caves, which now lie high above today’s Snake River. This new work is ...
The Inlander

From the edge of Hells Canyon, the Wilderness Act, despite its noble aims, reveals a chasm of misunderstanding

It's a warm, dry June afternoon as 13 students, a biologist and I stand on the edge of the deepest river gorge in North America, Hells Canyon, and stare in. The students are silent. Awestruck. The ...