Near Provo, Utah, just south of Salt Lake City is a waterfall called Bridal Veil Falls. It drops over 1600 feet and is clearly visible from the road side. There is a bike trail that runs along the river that the falls runs into and has several parking lots where you can park and then bike or hike over to where the falls creates a pool at the bottom. People also tube in the river once summer hits. You need a wetsuit prior to that if you want to tube before mid June due to the temperature of the runoff from over 500 inches of snowfall per year.

At one time there was a chairlift that went up to a restaurant that was open in the summer, but an avalanche destroyed the lift several years ago, and funds were not available to rebuild it. I have heard that a private investor had purchased the rights to rebuild it starting some time in 2010.

Once the spring snow melt begins Bridal Veil Falls is a torrent of water careening down the side of the mountain. It is also just about freezing temperature. There is a path that will take you up the side of the mountain along the falls to a plateau several hundred feet above the pool where a warning sign says to not climb any farther due to extreme risk. Towards the middle of summer when temperatures reach 90 on a regular basis and the snow melt is no longer, you can actually hike the falls through the water. My son, Adam, and I have created a couple of memories hiking to the plateau through the frigid water (rather refreshing in July) and back down the trail.