Frenchman’s Falls across the way. The falls freeze during periods of unusually bitter cold and become one of the few places in Washington one can go ice climbing on frozen waterfalls. Most of the water running thru Frenchman’s, however, are polluted, agricultural runoffs from Columbia River irrigation projects. The rest arises from a few natural springs and caches from the little amount of rain & snow to precipitate across these semi-arid steppes & desert canyons.