One point two miles from the Wahkeena Trail junction I came to the Multnomah Basin Road where the Larch Mountain Trail jogged slightly left before continuing on and entering the Mark O. Multnomah Creek upstream from the unnamed creek. I couldn’t find a name for this creek but it had a good flow, in fact it was more water than what was in Multnomah Creek upstream from their confluence. ![]() The southern end of the High Water Trail heading uphill to the right. Sign for the High Water Trail at its southern end. The signed High Water Trail leads up and around it for those high water times. This section is flooded in late Winter/Spring. Looking down the creek at sunlight starting to hit the hillside.Ī few bleeding heart were still in bloom. I stayed on the Larch Mountain Trail which crossed the creek on a newer (2018) steel bridge that replaced the one burnt in the Eagle Creek Fire. Good signage at nearly all trail junctions, especially those closest to the trailheads. Wiesendanger Falls is located just beyond Dutchman Tunnel.Ī short distance beyond Wiesendanger Falls is Ecola Falls.Ī quarter mile beyond Ecola Falls (and 2 miles from the trailhead) I arrived at the Wahkeena Trail junction. After a brief descent to cross Multnomah Creek the trail began a long gradual climb along the creek. I returned to the Larch Mountain Trail and continued towards Larch Mountain. Small fall just upstream from Multnomah Falls.Ĭape Horn ( post) to the right across the Columbia. This trail descends a tenth a mile to a viewpoint above the falls. I passed a pair of hikers along this stretch then didn’t see another person for another couple of hours.Īfter climbing above the falls via the switchbacks I took my first detour to visit the Multnomah Falls Viewpoint. ![]() The Moon beyond the Columbia River and Multnomah Falls Lodge.īeacon Rock ( post) to the east on the Washington side of the Columbia.Īnother view of the falls. (I’m pretty sure they squeezed a very short 12th in there.) The lack of light did nothing for my point and shoot camera but that was a small price to pay to have the falls to myself (save for a few staff preparing the grounds for the day).īeyond the bridge the paved trail climbs steeply via 11 switchbacks. It was still a bit before sunrise but there was enough light once I had gotten everything together to set off towards the falls. I arrived at the Multnomah Falls parking lot a little before 7am and was pleased to find that I was just the fourth car. Two of those trips also occurred prior to the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire which burned most of the forest along the lower portion of this hike. Even though we had visited all of these main attractions before, this route would provide several miles of trail that I had yet to be on. We had hiked to Multnomah Falls on a big loop in 2012 starting at Oneonta Trailhead ( post), Larch Mountain in 2020 from Road 315 Trailhead ( post), and Wahkeena Falls in 2013 from the Angels Rest Trailhead ( post). If I was feeling up to it, my plan was to extend the hike just a bit by detouring on the way back to visit Fairy and Wahkeena Falls adding another 1.7 miles and 500′ of elevation to the days total. ![]() Starting at the Multnomah Falls Trailhead the hike to Sherrard Point is roughly 14.5 miles out-and-back with just over 4000′ of elevation gain. With Heather still sidelined with a bum knee and a Monday holiday that most of the rest of Oregon didn’t have off I decided to tackle the climb from Multnomah Falls to Larch Mountain.
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