Ponytail Falls Hike
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
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Info
- Trailhead: Horsetail Falls Trailhead
- Distance: 0.8 mile round trip
- Elevation gain:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Seasons: Year-round except during winter storms
- Family Friendly: Yes
- Backpackable: No
- Crowded: Yes
Trip Reports
- [1] Ponytail Falls)
Hike Description
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This is the easiest waterfall hike in the gorge. You get a stunning waterfall at the trailhead and a second one less than half a mile up the trail.
The trail begins in one of the most scenic trailheads anywhere, at Horsetail Falls. Plan on a bit of time before or after you hike to view and photograph the falls. Horsetail Falls Trail #438 begins climbing some easily graded switchbacks with beautiful rock walls. You'll pass your first trail junction here, as Gorge Trail #400 heads east. After 5 switchbacks the trail levels out, and heads west for a bit high above the Gorge below. After 4/10 of a mile, the trail suddenly turns into the small valley containing Ponytail Falls. In literally a few steps, you leave the modern freeway noise and enter a different world. The trail passes behind Ponytail Falls in a cavernous area eroded beneath a lava flow.
There are other hikes than can be added to this one, as well. Check out Horsetail Falls Loop Hike and Triple Falls Hike
Trail Log
0.0 Horsetail Falls Trailhead 0.2 Jct Gorge Trail #400 heading east. 0.4 Jct unmaintained Rock of Ages Trail 0.4 Ponytail Falls
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