Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

...on the Eagle Creek Trail, that winds up the mountain side to WAHTUM LAKE, 13.5 m. Construction of the trail presented many difficulties; parts of it are cut through solid rock, and in one place it passes behind a waterfall. Along the trail are GHOST FALLS and the DEVIL'S PUNCH BOWL The latter, a fresh water cauldron hemmed in by pillars of basalt, abounds with steelhead trout.

2. Right across Eagle Creek from Eagle Creek Campground on the WAUNA POINT TRAIL, which leads 5.5 m. through Eagle Creek and Columbia Gorge canyons to WAUNA POINT (2,500 alt.).

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/eaglecr.html

May 11, 2020

From the collapse of the Metlako Viewpoint to the Eagle Creek Fire to adding photos from other hikes beyond Punchbowl Falls, I've got a lot of updating to do on this page. Ultimately, I see this being a whole section, not just one page.

For now, though, the trail is closed and this page is pretty much just a page holder while I deal with many other issues and updates across the website.

The Sunday Oregonian: Beautiful Columbia Gorge Park Soon To Be Accessible To Autos (July 16, 1916)

Eagle Creek is one of the principal points of interest in the Columbia Gorge Park division of the Oregon National Forest, recently set aside for public recreation purposes. Several trails to neighboring lakes and mountains are planned, and since the first of June the Forest Service has been at work on a footpath leading upstream from the bridge. Several hundred yards are completed already, and visitors will soon be able to reach Eagle Creek Falls, about two and a half miles above.

Here the stream descends in six eccentric jumps from the hanging valley above to the basin of the Columbia.

Further points are to be reached as soon as the trail can be extended. Chinidere Mountain and Wahtum Lake are to be included in the route, and a connection will be made with the Herman Creek Trail, so that trampers will be afforded a 27-mile circuit of rare scenic beauty and interest.

Links

OregonHikers.org: The Big Rock at Eagle Creek (2007)

http://www.portlandhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=16936

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