Twenty-Three Waterfall Scenes: Winter Ice and a Mineral Lookalike

1. Ouray, Colorado

The climber in the Boone Speed/Barcroft USA image supplies a scale reference beside the ice. The photograph documents a particular climbing scene; it does not establish current route conditions or make the feature a general recommendation.

2. Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota

The two views credited to Madeleine and Dan Anderson show how angle and light can change the appearance of the same waterfall. One formation can produce quite different outlines when seen from another position, especially where overlapping ice hides or reveals the space behind it.

3. Taihang Mountains, Hebei, China

The Xinhua-attributed photograph locates the scene in the Taihang Mountains. That regional setting identifies the landscape broadly, while the exact viewpoint remains unspecified. The ice and surrounding rock form the visible subject without establishing a named visitor route.

4. Goðafoss, Iceland

David Clapp’s photograph connects the gallery with a named Icelandic waterfall. Ice around a waterfall and complete cessation of its flow are different things, so the visible white cover should not be used to infer a total freeze.

5. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

Andreas Resch photographed the Plitvice scene. The park setting gives the image a geographical identity, while the photograph captures only the particular winter conditions present at the time.

6. Hells Angel, Cody, Wyoming

The Joel Anderson image was supplied under the Hells Angel name. That title identifies Anderson’s photograph; it does not establish the climb’s current condition or difficulty.

7. Marmolada, Italy

The Marmolada entry was attributed through Jdomb’s Travels. The photograph belongs to the northeastern Italian mountain setting in the original collection; its icy form offers a visual contrast with the broader waterfall curtains elsewhere in the gallery.

8. Eidfjord, Norway

Christian Pondella’s image supplies the Norwegian entry. A person or piece of equipment in such a scene can help reveal scale, but cannot show every condition affecting the surrounding ice.

9. Gorges de Ballandaz, France

The gorge walls give this scene a confined setting. Rock frames the ice and limits the visible sky, concentrating attention on the frozen forms within the opening. The arrangement differs from a waterfall photographed across an open valley, where the surrounding landscape supplies a much broader scale.

10. Rifle, Colorado

The Rifle scene is a separate Colorado setting within the collection, credited to Boone Speed/Barcroft. Its particular rock and ice arrangement gives it an identity distinct from Ouray or the Fang, even though all three images share a connection with winter ice and climbing.

11. Slovenia

The caption identifies Slovenia without naming a particular waterfall. The photograph can be appreciated at that level of certainty: its ice, rock and framing provide a distinct scene, while the exact site remains unidentified in the available account.

12. Helmcken Falls, British Columbia

Helmcken’s ice formation is shown in a photograph credited to Skupinski/Barcroft Media. The surrounding rock gives the frozen structure a sense of scale, while its outline records the particular conditions present when the image was made.

13. Hokkaido, Japan

The original associated this image with climbers Albert Leichtfried and Markus Bendler and a collapsing section of ice. That reported incident is a reason to avoid casual claims of stability, not a spectacle to turn into a suggested activity.

14. The Fang, Vail, Colorado

The pillar-like shape explains the Fang name used in the source. Its old dimensions described a particular formation, which should not be treated as a fixed specification for every winter. The image is attributed to Environmental Graffiti.

15. Starved Rock State Park, Illinois

The park scene, credited to leroidude, records a particular winter formation. Its outline reflects conditions at the time of the photograph, while the surrounding terrain gives it a more lasting frame. Another season can produce a different balance between exposed rock, snow and accumulated ice.

16. Banff National Park, Canada

Climbers in Lazlo Ilyes’s photograph provide a familiar scale beside the ice. Their small figures make the extent of the formation easier to grasp, but the image does not establish the difficulty or stability of the route they are attempting.

17. Turnagain Arm, Alaska

Frank Kovalchek’s photograph supplies the Alaska entry. The smaller-looking feature adds variety beside the larger walls and columns elsewhere in the collection.

18. Niagara Falls

Niagara can accumulate extensive ice around its edges while water continues to flow. Frozen surfaces and moving sections may occupy the same view, creating the impression of a heavily enclosed cascade. The visible ice therefore describes one part of the scene without proving that the entire falls have stopped.

19. Partnach Gorge, Bavaria

Werner Böhm’s image shows another gorge setting. The confined space gives the ice a different visual relationship with rock and water from a broad open waterfall, adding a useful contrast within the complete sequence.

20. Montmorency Falls, Quebec

The original described an ice cone at the foot of the falls. That is a different form from a curtain attached to a cliff. Its size varies with winter conditions, so compare the cone's shape rather than expecting one fixed height.

21. Hierve el Agua, Oaxaca, Mexico

Hierve el Agua is a mineral formation rather than a frozen waterfall. Deposits create the cascade-like shape, giving solid rock an appearance associated with falling water. Its presence offers a useful visual contrast: a similar silhouette can result from a very different material and process.

22. Hamilton area, Canada

Martin Cathrae’s photograph is identified with a roadside location near Hamilton, without a precise waterfall name. That setting places the scene geographically while leaving its exact site open. The visible ice formation remains the subject, framed by the surroundings included in this particular view.

23. West Fork Trail, Sedona, Arizona

Eileen Nauman’s Oak Creek Canyon photograph is associated with the West Fork Trail. The canyon setting gives the final scene a specific geographical context, with the ice appearing within a wider landscape of rock and vegetation rather than as an isolated frozen shape.