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Description
TO GET THERE: Mesa Falls Senic Drive near Ashton/Island Park. There is a road that comes out of the Upper Mesa Falls parking lot that leads to the clearing next to the Lower Mesa Falls.
THE RUN: Lower Mesa Falls is great park and huck spot. The usual line is the river left side. It is like a 20 foot fall into a pool that leads into a 45 footer. The sign says 65 foot total drop, the first is definitely around 20 foot, and the second drop is about 30-35'.
It's pretty sic!
The right side has been run, you can see the descents of the right in the opening scene of Valahalla, and No Big Names. MAKE sure that you bring your camera!
Below Mesa Falls the river is mild and easy.
Reference:
Grant Amaral's book, Idaho: the Whitewater State (Watershed, 1992).
Latitude / Longitude data are approximate.
Alternate takeout: US 191-20 near Ashton (9 mi. downstream of Warm R.)
-CODY HOWARD