(30 miles West) is Idaho's most popular fishing area consisting of Ox Bowl Dam, Brownlee Dam and Hells Canyon Dam. Everything about the Snake River in Hells Canyon is big. Big river, big waves, big views, big cliffs. The canyon is the deepest gorge in North America, several thousand feet deeper than the Grand Canyon. Rapids get class III-IV ratings largely because of their size. Jet boats offer sightseeing cruises both from Lewiston at the quiet-water northern end of the canyon and from
Riggins, Idaho (70 miles North) is the site of world class white water rafting on the "River Of No Return "(Big Salmon River).
