Eagle Creek Trail Guide

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Published 2021-11-17
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You can’t go wrong with a hike on the Eagle Creek Trail, considered the signature trail of the Columbia River Gorge. Right from the start, the Eagle Creek Trail offers dramatic views of waterfalls, a raging mountain stream, dense PNW forest, and towering basalt cliffs. Most hikers enjoy the short 4.2-mile roundtrip hike to Punchbowl Falls, but I highly recommend going farther if you have the fitness. You can even make it an overnight backpacking trip, ideally hiking to the end of the Eagle Creek Trail at Wahtum Lake, high in the mountains. Whatever option you choose, you can’t go wrong here.

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All Comments (21)
  • @styverdyver
    My wife and I are so glad we found your coverage of this wonderful trail! We traveled in our new truck to Wyoming and backpacked 3 days in the Gros Ventre mountain range; then made it to the Eagle Creek Trail in 1985. We camped at the campground off of I84 and that was our starting point for the trail in June. We hiked up to Wahtum Lake (camping on snow), and made our way back down the next day. It is a fond memory of our past adventures! It is so beautiful up there! We are now senior citizens but would love to return to do it again! Thank you for your fantastic coverage of our wonderful adventure so many years ago!
  • I worked on a trail crew this summer restoring a good section of the Eagle Tanner trail post-fire. Hiked down to the falls on our weekend and camped not far from the Indian Springs junction. Such good memories so happy I found this video!
  • Beautiful video! Adding this trail to my solo hiking. I remember went to Multnomah fall and hiked up for a few miles 10 yrs ago. It was beautiful. Thank you.
  • @johnharp6659
    Thank You Hiking Guy. I started hiking this trail with my father when I was six. Now I live in Chicago but miss this hike greatly. This video brings back such great memories. Thank you. P.S. I heard about the fire (even out here) and feared the worst. Glad to see it has not lost its character.
  • @ckzf1842
    Thanks for this walk, lovely, very scenic !
  • @thathikingguy
    Thanks for this. This is one of my bucket list trails. It’s so beautiful
  • @deusfiatlux5160
    Gorgeous Trail! I hope to be able to experience this beautiful trail sometime in the near future. Thanks for sharing and for bringing us along.
  • Great memories of hiking eagle creek many times with my kids when they were little and as adults. Just a beautiful trail. So many great trails in the gorge. Enjoy your time in the Pacific Northwest. Safe & Happy trails🥾
  • @dougbillbeaver
    Great video Haz ! I was talking to an Eagle-Dolphin and was told this was absolutely the most gorgeous gorge he'd ever seen ! I have to agree ! Wow !
  • I'm from Detroit but my mom moved to eastern Oregon and 2 weeks ago i visited and convinced her to go to the gorge. I needed 3 more days easy lol. needless to say I have a better idea of what im doing and this video will help make my next vacation amazing👏 thanks bro!!!!
  • I lived in Vancouver WA for 4 years and spent every day in the gorge. Eagle creek caught fire and was closed for years but even after its still beautiful. Dog mountain, cape point lookout, horsetail falls, Multnomah, eagle creek... so many beautiful places. Unfortunately there are a lot of car break ins as the pull offs for the trailheads are off the highway. I once parked to hike and saw a dozen or so vehicles with smashed windows in the lot. Horrible how people ruin someone's day in nature.
  • @Cthomp91
    Was just there today! It was so fun!
  • I love watching this on video but I will be going this weekend to experience first hand. I'm a bit nervous about some of the wet narrow trails with huge drop offs...but I can't wait.
  • @kermit1
    I want to move to Portland so bad. Wish there were trails this beautiful in LA.