Ida Falls

From Highway 5 in Clearwater follow the Clearwater Valley Road north towards Wells Gray Park for 11.3 km then turn right onto Spahats Creek Road. Proceed for 4.3km and turn left, following signs for Trophy Mountain. In another 3.3km stay straight at the junction and drive to the bridge over Third Canyon Creek and park. Find a rough trail on the left side before crossing the creek leading downstream to views of the canyon and falls.Ida Falls is a modest waterfall dropping about 40 feet along Third Canyon Creek in the vicinity of Buck Hill on the shoulder of the Trophy Mountains just outside of Wells Gray Provincial Park. The falls are not terribly impressive, but the canyon below – 60 feet deep at the falls but 300 feet deep at the viewpoint for the falls – is surprisingly significant and worth the time it takes to drive the detour from the Trophy Mountain road.The falls were named for Ida DeKelver, a local who operated a sheep herding business between the Clearwater Valley and the Trophy Mountain meadows via a trail along Third Canyon Creek until 1979.