There are moments on the Eagle Creek Trail when you completely forget that it was the birthplace of one of Oregon’s largest and most high-profile wildfires of the past decade. In autumn the canyon is ...
Whether it’s the Ice Age floods that carved it or the wildfire in 2017 that scarred it, the Columbia River Gorge is a testament to nature’s destructive fury. But from ruin comes rebirth. Eight years ...
Eagle Creek by Wesley LaPointe_260A6383 IMAGE: Wesley Lapointe. Gorge-bound hikers already dealing with timed ticketing and permits in order to get to their destinations now have another hurdle: ...
Eagle Creek Trail Rockslide Photo courtesy of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, U.S. Forest Service. Hikers who were hoping to hit the Eagle Creek Trail before the new Columbia River ...
Juliette Rizzo approaches the staircase adjacent to I-84 near Eagle Creek Trailhead. (Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) There are few tools left for advocates to create urgency around the need to ...
The drizzle is returning, the air is cooler and that big blanket of gray is slowly coming back to cover up western Oregon for the foreseeable future. That might be enough to tempt you back inside for ...