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- Start point: Pacific Crest Trail Winter Trailhead
- End point: Dry Creek Falls
- Trail Log: Trail Log
- Hike Type: Out and Back
- Distance: 2.6 miles
- Elevation gain: 750 feet
- Difficulty: Easy
- Seasons: Year-round
- Family Friendly: Yes
- Backpackable: No
- Crowded: No
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Hike Description
This hike starts you at the Bridge of the Gods trailhead for the PCT and takes you under i84, across the powerlines up up the Pacific Crest trail for a ways. After a few limited viewpoints you come across a footbridge. Follow the spur trail up the right-hand-side of the creek until you reach the falls.
Although it's called Dry Creek Falls, it does not run dry - even in the warmest months of summer. There is evidence of some damming appartus here, used to provide water to the town of Cascade Locks Oregon.
Maps
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Fees, Regulations, etc.
- None
Trip Reports
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Related Discussions / Q&A
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Guidebooks that cover this hike
- Day Hike! Columbia Gorge, by Seabury Blair, Jr.
- 60 Hikes within 60 Miles of Portland, by Paul Gerald
- Afoot and Afield Portland/Vancouver, by Douglas Lorain
- 35 Hiking Trails, Columbia River Gorge, by Don & Roberta Lowe
- Columbia River Gorge, 42 Scenic Hikes, by Don & Roberta Lowe
- Hiking the Columbia River Gorge - 1st and 2nd Editions, by Russ Schneider
- 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon - 3rd Edition, by William L Sullivan
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Contributors
- Stevefromdodge (outline)