The Hells Canyon Wilderness is a wilderness area located Northeast Oregon, Northwest Idaho, and a part of Southeast Washington. Created in 1975, its 213,99-acres is managed by both the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. This wilderness contains some of the most spectacular sections of the Snake River as it passes through Hells Canyon, North America's deepest river gorge, at 7,993 feet and 10 miles wide. The canyon was carved by the Snake River, which flows more than 1 mile below the canyon's west rim on the Oregon side and 8,000 feet below the peaks of Idaho's Seven Devils Mountains- said to be named for a vision of seven dancing devils that appeared to an Indian lost in the area. Other mountain peaks that can be seen in the wilderness are She Devil, He Devil, Ogre, Goblin, Devil's Throne, Mt. Belial, and The Twin Imps, which all rise well over 9,000 feet.
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