If you arrive at Rainbow Falls at the right time of day, it is easy to see how it got its name. The spray from the 101-foot waterfall refracts the sunlight into a beautiful rainbow. A 2-mile hike is required to reach the waterfall from the Devils Postpile National Monument ranger station.
These cute little animals look like chipmunks, but they are squirrels that live in burrows in the ground. They often beg for food at heavily visited areas. Feeding wild rodents is dangerous for both the animals and people. Often the squirrels take food back to their burrow, much of the human food that they stored for winter will decay causing the animals to starve to death. Some ground squirrels carry the deadly bubonic plague bacterium, if the fleas that have fed on them bite people, they can spread the disease.
There were lots and lots of steep steps on the trail to the bottom of Rainbow Falls. It was worth the effort of going up and down to see the beautiful view!
