As previously announced by Ivan in his teaser, we took advantage of the sunny day yesterday and decided to go for a hike in the Columbia Gorge. Located along the Columbia River and only a few miles away from Portland, this is a perfect spot for a one day (or half day) hike.
Ivan found all hike details on this very comprehensive website (NW Hiker) and within 1 hour, we were heading to the Wahkeena Falls, start point to reach Devil's rest, the final destination of this hike.
Length: 7 miles round trip - 11,5 km aller retour
Elevation Change: 2328' Ft - 709.5744 metres
When in theory, this hike is 7 miles, in reality, it lasted a little bit longer due to letting me (Laurita) leading the way back down the trail. I followed the wrong way and we noticed it after 25 minutes going down. We had to go back to the Devil's rest. This "detour" added 50 minutes to the hike - ungefaehr 1,5 miles. Outch.
Surprisingly, we encountered snow towards the end of the hike, but no snow at the very top on Devil's rest.
What we learned:
- If the forecast says "sunny day", don't forget that you are not living in California, but still in Oregon...The Columbia Gorge is windy, and hiking in the forest is not the warmest spot.
- Layers, layers, layers.
- Don't let Laurita leading the hike
- Or Don't forget to take the hike map -especially if Laurita is leading.
Next hike: Angel's rest in the Columbia Gorge on March 29th.
Stay tuned...
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