US 395 Walker River (#0503)

And this canyon (and the highway therein) were utterly devastated by the flood of New Year's '97. The road had to be completely rebuilt, from scratch. For six months Hwy 395 traffic was diverted at Topaz Lake over into Smith Valley, coming up into Bridgeport from the south along NV 338/CA 182--not a road built for that kind of traffic! You can still see lots of places along the canyon here with prominent erosional scour from the flood--I've got a few pix here and there, but as you say it's hard to photograph without getting out and walking! A sad story from the flood--a family-owned dude ranch right at the mouth of the canyon, where it exits by Walker, was utterly obliterated--even all their riding horses were drowned. And, of course, they didn't have flood insurance-- IIRC the establishment had been there for decades beforehand.