It is difficult to describe how breathtaking the Washington Scablands are. Even with our cameras and aerial footage it’s hard to do justice to the magnificent scenery and the epic glacial flood ...

It's an everyday reality in Washington's many hike-friendly towns ... The trails traverse basalt cliffs, sagebrush flats, and ancient scablands, remnants of the massive floods.

6. Scabland Coulee The floods left behind "coulees"—dry streambeds or gullies—all over what is now eastern Washington. Here, an old homestead sits in the bottom of a coulee within the ...