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Eagle Creek Hike
(1st Outing of the New Year)


The Eagle Creek Trail, the most popular trail in the Columbia Gorge, traces the line of Eagle Creek through the forest and along paths carved into basalt cliffs. This trail offers spectacular viewpoints and waterfalls. This was Troop 542's first outing of the new year, a one night backpack trip on September 10th-11th, 2005.

 Eagle Creek from near the beginning of the trailhead.

2 miles into the hike lies beautiful Punch Bowl Falls. With a little imagination you can even see the "ladle" angling into the punch bowl.

A view of Punch Bowl Falls from above.
Justin leading the hiking party. Slow down Justin!

The hike took us along shear basalt cliffs with the creek lying 100's of feet below.
2.8 miles into the hike lies Loowit falls, was one of the most beautiful falls on the hike.

High Bridge, 3 miles from the trailhead, traverses Eagle Creek canyon 150 feet above the creek. (North View)
Another view from High Bridge. (South View)

Part of the hiking party checking the map. Still 2 miles to go...!
Our campsite at Wy'East campground, 5 miles from the trailhead.

After lunch and a short rest, several of our party continued hiking (with out packs).
At the 6 mile mark lies Tunnel Falls. The arrow shows the entrance of the tunnel that has been chipped into the rock behind the falls.

The last stop on our hike is Eagle Creek Falls, 6.25 miles from the trail head.
The extended trip hiking party.

Sunday, a view of one of the falls we missed on our way up the trail.
Back to High Bridge.

Russell, one of the older scouts that took charge from the beginning of the hike. He showed true leadership the entire outing. When one of the younger scouts became ill, he chose to stay behind and lead a slower group to help the ill scout complete the hike. Great job Russell.
Preston, the other older scout that took charge from the onset of the trip. His positive attitude, great leadership, and willingness to carry not only his own pack, but also the pack of one of the younger scouts that became ill, demonstrates what being an Eagle Scout is all about. Great job Preston.

The 2005 Eagle Creek hiking party (left to right: Dr. DesJardins, Mrs. DesJardins, Mrs. Chapman, Teddy, Russell, Josh, Mr. Hanke, Justin, Preston, and Mack)

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