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=== Hike Description ===
 
=== Hike Description ===
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This hike starts you at the [[Bridge of the Gods]] trailhead for the PCT and takes you under I-84, 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.
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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.
  
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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.
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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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Dry Creek Falls (Jeff Statt)
File:BridgeOfTheGodsTrailhead.jpg
Bridge of the Gods trailhead (Jeff Statt)
  • Start point: PCT Winter TrailheadRoad.JPG
  • 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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