LOCAL LIFE

People And Places That Are Jackson Hole

IRIS FALLS plunges 45 feet on the Bechler River in the southwest corner of Yellowstone National Park. Named in 1885 by members of the Arnold Hague Geological Survey for Iris, the mythological Greek goddess of the rainbow, the falls are part of the park's “Cascade Corner,” so named for the abundance of waterfalls and cascades in the Fall and Bechler River drainages. Iris Falls, and nearby Colonnade Falls, are a spectacular scenic reward after a long 19-mile hike (one way) from the Bechler Meadows Trail that starts at the Bechler Ranger Station.