Both trips came at the height of summer, when the Kootenai Falls parking area is buzzing and the county-run concession stand is slinging ice cream. Having somepace to be, I motored by, telling ...

The spot’s star turn came in the past few decades. Before “The Revenant” got Leo an Oscar, the falls and the gorge figured ...

I looked at the river’s soft spots and wondered if there were any trout there. Later, looking at the falls, I wondered whether Leonardo DiCaprio’s stunt double got paid enough to get washed ...