Today I am spotlighting two canyons in the American West. Hells Canyon in Idaho & Oregon along with the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado. These two canyons illustrate different extremes of canyons.
Hells Canyon (pictured above) is the deepest canyon in North America at nearly 8000 feet deep. The canyon is also about 10 miles wide. Hells Canyon was formed by the Snake River and is a National Recreation Area.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (above) is very different in that it is very narrow at the rim, in some places only about 1100 feet wide. The canyon is not nearly as deep though, at its deepest it is about 2700 feet. Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a National Park.
There are a number of sheer cliffs in the Black Canyon, including the Painted Wall in the picture above, which is over 2200 feet from river to rim.
Hells Canyon (pictured above) is the deepest canyon in North America at nearly 8000 feet deep. The canyon is also about 10 miles wide. Hells Canyon was formed by the Snake River and is a National Recreation Area.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (above) is very different in that it is very narrow at the rim, in some places only about 1100 feet wide. The canyon is not nearly as deep though, at its deepest it is about 2700 feet. Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a National Park. 
There are a number of sheer cliffs in the Black Canyon, including the Painted Wall in the picture above, which is over 2200 feet from river to rim. 
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