Shell Falls

Wow...what a place. We happened upon Shell Falls while heading out of the mountains.
Over the past 1 million years, Shell Creek has incised a deep chasm through the sedimentary stone and ancient granite. The water of Shell Falls, dropping at a rate of 3,600 gallons per second, follows fractures in the resistant granite. Shell Canyon is named for the shell fossils found in the sedimentary rock walls of the canyon.