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The Snake in Hells Canyon

Fig. 1The Snake in Hells Canyon

Photo: X-Weinzar · CC BY-SA 2.5

Landform

The deepest gorge in North America — deeper than the Grand Canyon. The Snake between the Seven Devils and the Wallowas.

Field note

From rim to river it can be more than 8,000 feet. The Grand Canyon is longer and wider. This one is deeper. Most people have never heard the name.

A private leaf

Prints from Hells Canyon


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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