This hike and area is best known for spring flowers, but with the bridge across the Columbia at The Dalles closed Thurs eve through Monday morning for the next six months for a major bridge deck replacement project, I'm going to be spending more time on the Oregon side. It's now a 40 mile drive to get to Columbia Hills hikes, 30 miles to Lyle Cherry Orchard.
I don't get to this hike that often despite it only being 11 miles from my house to the trailhead because it is so short, but add in how the Eagle Cliffs are pretty much toast for hiking too, this is now the nearest hike for me - good for a quick afternoon getaway. Today that means between deluges. Note that the well worn smooth trail is prone to some slippery clay-mud sections. I wonder if I will need my micro-spikes as the winter sets in?
McCall Point
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Have you tried going up from Chenowith Creek Road? There's a decent stream crossing a few hundred yards west of the first clearing along the road ("first" if you're coming up from 10th Ave.), then you just have to follow deer trails up to the rim.
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Yeah, I supposed you could find places to go up from the west side like that. But then most of the tableland above is now fenced off. Apparently a lot of the hiking up there had been on private land and allowed/tolerated, but no longer.
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I'm talking about the north side. There's some decent hiking to be had along the bench trails, and you can still get to the cliffs themselves.
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I know that there have been some changes but the county parcel map shows the green outline in my map to all be owned by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The one conspicuous square on the east belongs to WEBB WAYNE L & JANA L. Where are these new fences?
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maybe private landowners are putting up fences on Forest Service land?
probably few people would notice
probably few people would notice
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Looks like the Webbs own the whole east slope too, around/above the water tank. That part has great wildflowers and rock pinnacles, it's a shame it's no longer accessible.Webfoot wrote: ↑October 25th, 2021, 2:20 pmI know that there have been some changes but the county parcel map shows the green outline in my map to all be owned by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The one conspicuous square on the east belongs to WEBB WAYNE L & JANA L.
I was up on top this past spring and didn't encounter any fences on the USFS land.