Harrison Wright Falls — one of the most photographed falls in the glen, a near-perfect broad curtain — with a caution about the wet rock and the pool.
Stop here a moment, because this one deserves it. This is Harrison Wright Falls, and it's one of the most photographed waterfalls in the whole park — and you can see why. It's a wide, near-perfect curtain of water spilling over a clean lip into a dark green pool, the kind of falls that looks like it was arranged by a landscape painter. On a still day the reflection in that pool doubles the whole scene.
It's named, like a couple of others down here, not for a Native nation but for a friend of the Ricketts family. And it's a place to be careful, precisely because it's so tempting. The flat rocks at the base and the edges of that pool are slick with spray and algae, and every year people take a hard fall trying to get out onto them for the perfect shot. You don't need to. The trail gives you a beautiful view from solid ground — take your photo from there, keep your feet under you, and stay out of the water. That pool is colder and deeper and stronger than it looks.
When you're ready, keep climbing. Just ahead the canyon splits in two, and we reach Waters Meet — the crossroads of the whole Falls Trail.
Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0
