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=== Hike Description === | === Hike Description === | ||
− | This hike starts you at the [[Bridge of the Gods]] trailhead for the PCT and takes you under I-84, across the powerlines | + | This hike starts you at the [[Bridge of the Gods]] trailhead for the PCT and takes you under I-84, across the powerlines and 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 | + | 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 apparatus here, used to provide water to the town of Cascade Locks, Oregon. |
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- Start point: PCT 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 I-84, across the powerlines and 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 apparatus here, used to provide water to the town of Cascade Locks, Oregon.
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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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