The history of Fossil Falls is quite interesting. During the last ice age, glaciers formed in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The water from these melted glaciers created Owens Lake and the Owens River. The river slowly made its way to Indian Wells Valley after being diverted several times due to volcanic activity. As the river was forced directly into the path of the basalt flow, Fossil Falls were formed. Because of this, the lava rocks were polished and reshaped into various unique shapes and forms. About 20,000 to 10,000 years go, the youngest glacial runoff, call the Tioga, from the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range created the erosion found at…