Forbidding Falls is a waterfall on Forest Creek in Teton County, Wyoming, in the Middle Rockies region, with a total height of about 40 feet. It lies about 40.3 miles northeast of Driggs and roughly 86.6 miles northeast of Idaho Falls as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it is on the modest side for Wyoming, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 60 feet; it ranks 135th of 230. The tallest single drop is 25 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
The Middle Rockies are high, glaciated mountain ranges with alpine peaks, subalpine fir and spruce forest, lodgepole pine and grassy intermontane valleys. Snowmelt streams cascade down glacial valleys and canyon walls.
There are 121 recorded waterfalls in Teton County. Moose Falls, a 32-foot plunge waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away. Lewis Canyon Lower Falls, a 50-foot segmented waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away. Upper Lewis Canyon Falls, an 80-foot cascade waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away.
Forbidding Falls is located at 44.1766° N, 110.6023° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.