Last weekend, a buddy and I went to Eagle Creek on a 2-night backpacking trip. Eagle Creek is ideal and unusual because it is just outside Portland past the falls but so vast as to offer multi-day hiking trips. For example, we just finished our first mile when we ran into a boy scout troup finishing up their 7-day backing trip. They started at Timberline near Mt. Hood and hiked all the way here.
The trail is lined with waterfalls, but this is one of the more impressive falls. The trail takes you behind the falls via a tunnel.
Just past the falls above, is one of the my favorite falls because it splits.
Below is the obligatory, yet awesome views of Mt. Hood.
We hiked a 20-mile loop in 3-days. The first night was alongside Eagle Creek. The next night was at Dublin Lake. To get to Dublin Lake, we had to hike out of the valley of Eagle Creek and then along a ridge. Though level, the ridge was my least-favorite part of the hike because the trail was so crowded with grass tuffs that my trekking poles were useless (plus it was exposed to the hot mid-afternoon sun).
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