Third trip down to the Columbia River Gorge with some new trails, a good group of guys and a smattering of warm spring weather.
We had a longer route planned, but the 30 miles we did still had 7,000'+ of gain; plenty for this early in the season, as it turned out. Our route started from the lower Eagle Creek parking lot: Buck Point/Ruckel Ridge, Benson Plateau, Pacific Crest Trail to Chinidere Mountain summit, Herman Creek trail to Tomlike Mountain out-and-back to summit, Wahtum Lake and exit via Eagle Creek.
Thanks to
Ben for putting the route together and to
Ethan and
Will for coming along!
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| Bonneville Dam, from low on Ruckel Ridge |
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| Heading up Ruckel Ridge; Will's photo |
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| Will on Ruckel Ridge |
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| Ruckel Ridge; Ben's photo |
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| Ethan on one of the little catwalk sections on Ruckel Ridge |
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| Ruckel Ridge; Ben's photo |
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| Ruckel Ridge; Ben's photo |
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| Upper Ruckel Creek on the Benson Plateau |
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| Grassy forest on Benson Plateau |
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| Ethan on the PCT with Adams and Rainier |
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| Ethan's photo |
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| Chinidere Mountain summit, with the southern Washington volcanoes |
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| And Mt. Hood; Will's photo |
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| Headed to Tomlike Mountain, a super fun trail |
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| Ridge below Tomlike Mountain summit; Ben's photo |
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| The boys on Tomlike Mountain |
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| Ben descending from Tomlike Mountain |
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| Falls in upper Eagle Creek |
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| Upper Eagle Creek; Ben's photo |
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| Will on the Eagle Creek trail; Ben's photo |
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