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Gros Ventre river as it cuts through the slide
The landslide dammed the river in 1925, but the dam failed two years later releasing floodwaters downstream and killing several people. Today, the landslide reach provides some nice whitewater (we saw an intrepid kayaker launch into it). You can also see the slide material in the left bank of the river. Flow conditions here are high, as we were visiting around the time of peak snowmelt.
Gros Ventre river as it cuts through the slide
The landslide dammed the river in 1925, but the dam failed two years later releasing floodwaters downstream and killing several people. Today, the landslide reach provides some nice whitewater (we saw an intrepid kayaker launch into it). You can also see the slide material in the left bank of the river. Flow conditions here are high, as we were visiting around the time of peak snowmelt.