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
Horsetail Falls Trail #438
- 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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Guidebooks that cover this hike
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