Columbia River Gorge Hikes
23 trails in Columbia River Gorge, ranked by popularity. Each page shows current weather, road, and trail conditions.
Beacon Rock State Park - River To Rock TrailA quiet forest connector linking the Columbia River moorage to the base of Beacon Rock.
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Angels RestA short, steep climb to one of the Columbia Gorge's most dramatic cliff-top viewpoints.
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Eagle Creek to Tunnel FallsEight major waterfalls along an engineered trail carved into basalt cliffs — currently closed after winter storm damage.
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Hamilton Mountain LoopA switchback-rich loop to a truncated basalt ridge — waterfalls, cliffs, and open-ridge walking above Beacon Rock State Park.
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Larch Mountain4,000 vertical feet from Multnomah Falls to the volcanic crown of the west Gorge.
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Mount DefianceFrom 130 feet above sea level to nearly 5,000 — widely considered the hardest day hike in the region.
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Angels Rest-Devils Rest LoopA 10.8-mile lollipop linking the Gorge's most exposed promontory with a viewless mossy summit through fire-recovered forest.
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Multnomah Falls-Devils Rest LoopNine and a half miles linking five named falls and a viewless summit through the heart of the burned-and-recovering western Gorge.
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Eagle Creek to Punch Bowl FallsFour miles of cliff-blasted trail to one of the Gorge's most-photographed waterfalls, past fossil tree stumps and handrail cables.
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Columbia Gorge Traverse (Gorge Trail #400)A 35-mile low-elevation west-Gorge through-hike linking Angels Rest to Wyeth through burned forest, basalt ramparts, and a half-dozen named waterfalls.
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Oneonta GorgeA mile of wading and scrambling over log jams up a narrow basalt slot to Oneonta Falls \u2014 currently closed to the public.
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Coyote WallA columnar-basalt syncline above the eastern Gorge, walked through grass-and-oak savanna under wildflower season.
Cape Horn LoopA 7.4-mile loop on the closest Gorge viewpoint to Portland, open only when peregrines are not nesting on the basalt cliffs.
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Nick Eaton Ridge LoopA 13.6-mile Gorge loop from sea level to 4,100 feet across Gorton Creek and Nick Eaton ridges, climbing out of the 2017 fire zone into pika-squeaking talus.
Sams Walker LoopA one-mile interpretive loop across the Columbia from Horsetail Falls, through former farmland meadows and riverside cottonwoods.
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Larch Mountain Crater LoopA six-mile loop inside the eroded crater of Portland's second-tallest skyline peak, ending at the Sherrard Point volcanic plug.
Old Growth
Mark O. Hatfield Memorial TrailA 60-mile high-line across the Hatfield Wilderness from Multnomah Falls to Starvation Creek, now much harder after the 2017 fire.
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Horsetail Falls LoopThree waterfalls, a walk behind Ponytail Falls, and bluff views into Oneonta Gorge \u2014 2.6 miles of concentrated west-Gorge highlights.
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Hamilton-Hardy LoopA 13-mile lollipop linking Beacon Rock State Park's two summits across the Hardy Creek abyss, starting from the quieter Equestrian Trailhead.
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Devils Rest via WahkeenaAn 8.4-mile route up Wahkeena Creek past Fairy Falls to the forested Boring volcano of Devils Rest, with returns via an unofficial loop if you want it.
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Wahkeena FallsA short climb past a spray-soaking stone bridge and up eleven stone-walled switchbacks to a panoramic Gorge viewpoint.
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Herman CreekA lengthy low-elevation Gorge trail that works as a rainy-winter outing or a summer backpack, with old-growth cedar, seasonal falls, and two fire scars underfoot.
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Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife RefugeA flat refuge loop along the Columbia River with bird counts in the hundreds and Mount Hood across the water.
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