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The Eagle Creek fire (in the red shaded area above) has closed approximately 40 miles of trails from Cascade Locks to Ainsworth State Park on the Oregon side of the Gorge. Click "View map" below for a map of the 48,000-acre containment area.

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Angel's Rest, OR

Moderate: 5 miles | 1500 ft.

Angel's to Devil's Rest Loop, OR

Expert: 10.7 miles | 2770 ft.

Augspurger Mountain, WA

Expert: 16 miles | 4400 ft.

Balfour-Klickitat Loop, WA

Easy: 0.75 miles | 150 ft.

Beacon Rock, WA

Easy: 1.8 miles | 680 ft.

Bell Creek Loop, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Expert: 14.5 miles | 3330 ft.

Benson Plateau Loop, OR

Expert: 16.2 miles | 4080 ft.

Bridal Veil Falls, OR

Easy: 0.6 miles | 70 ft.

Cape Horn Loop, WA

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The road section of this loop hike is on a county road - please take care. From Feb. 1-July 2, the lower section of the Cape Horn trail has a seasonal closure for nesting peregrine falcons.

Strenuous: 8.3 miles | 1500 ft.

Cape Horn, Upper, WA

Moderate: 5 miles | 1000 ft.

Catherine Creek Arch Loop, WA

Easy: 1.9 miles | 325 ft.

Catherine Creek Labyrinth, WA

Moderate: 5.5 miles | 1000 ft.

Catherine Creek Universal Access Loop, WA

Easy: 1.4 miles | 50 ft.

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Crawford Oaks Loop, WA

Moderate: 9 miles | 1300 ft.

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Dalles Mountain Ranch to Stacker Butte, WA

Moderate: 4 miles | 1150 ft.

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Horsethief Butte, WA

Easy: 1.5 miles | 150 ft.

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Horsethief Lake Petroglyphs, WA

Easy: 0.5 miles | 50 ft.

Deschutes River State Park - Ferry Springs Loop, OR

Moderate: 4.4 miles | 500 ft.

Deschutes River State Park - River Trail, OR

Easy: 22.6 miles | 200 ft.

Dog Creek Falls, WA

Easy: 0.2 miles | 0 ft.

Dog Mountain Loop, WA

Strenuous: 6.9 miles | 2820 ft.

Dry Creek Falls (Herman Creek Pinnacles Extension), OR

Easy: 4.4 miles | 700 ft.

Dry Creek Falls to Herman Creek, OR

Easy: 8.6 miles | 750 ft.

Eagle Creek to High Bridge, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Moderate: 6.4 miles | 840 ft.

Eagle Creek to Punchbowl Falls, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Easy: 3.8 miles | 500 ft.

Eagle Creek to Tunnel Falls, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Strenuous: 12 miles | 1640 ft.

Eagle Creek to Wahtum Lake, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Expert: 26.5 miles | 5310 ft.

Elowah Falls, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Moderate: 1.5 miles | 260 ft.

Falls Creek Falls, WA

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From December 1 - March 31 the gate will be closed (which is two miles from the trailhead) for winter wildlife protection.

Easy: 3.4 miles | 700 ft.

Fort Cascades Loop, WA

Easy: 1.5 miles | 0 ft.

Gillette Lake, WA

Moderate: 5.4 miles | 648 ft.

Green Point Ridge, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no estimated reopening date due to heavy damage sustained after the fire.

Expert: 15 miles | 5000 ft.

Greenleaf Overlook, WA

Moderate: 8.8 miles | 800 ft.

Hamilton Mountain Loop, WA

Strenuous: 7.6 miles | 2100 ft.

Hardy & Rodney Falls (Pool of Winds), WA

Easy: 2.5 miles | 440 ft.

Hardy Ridge Loop, WA

Strenuous: 9 miles | 2500 ft.

Herman Creek to Casey Creek, OR

Strenuous: 7.4 miles | 2000 ft.

Herman Creek to Mud Lake, OR

Expert: 17.8 miles | 3400 ft.

Hole-in-the-Wall Falls , OR

Easy: 1.2 miles | 100 ft.

Horsetail Falls Loop, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Easy: 2.3 miles | 440 ft.

Horsetail, Ponytail & Triple Falls, OR

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Trail is open only to Ponytail Falls. Past the falls, the trail is closed because of damage from the 2017 Eagle Creek fire.

Moderate: 4.4 miles | 680 ft.

Indian Point Loop, OR

Strenuous: 7.6 miles | 2800 ft.

Klickitat Trail - Fisher Hill to Klickitat, WA

Easy: 22 miles | 200 ft.

Klickitat Trail - Fisher Hill to Pitt, WA

Easy: 17 miles | 100 ft.

Klickitat Trail - Lyle to Fisher Hill, WA

Moderate: 4 miles | 100 ft.

Klickitat Trail - Swale Canyon, WA

Moderate: 10.2 miles | 1000 ft.

Lancaster Falls, OR

Easy: 1.6 miles | 100 ft.

Larch Mountain Crater Loop, OR

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Lower trail open with hazards. Upper trail inaccessible due to snow gate.

Moderate: 6 miles | 1100 ft.

Latourell Falls Loop, OR

Easy: 2.4 miles | 520 ft.

Lyle Cherry Orchard, WA

Moderate: 5 miles | 1500 ft.

Mitchell Point, OR

Strenuous: 2.6 miles | 1270 ft.

Mosier Creek Falls, OR

Easy: 0.4 miles | 200 ft.

Mosier Plateau, OR

Moderate: 3.5 miles | 600 ft.

Mosier Twin Tunnels, OR

Easy: 14 miles | 300 ft.

Mount Defiance, OR

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Starvation Ridge Cut-off trail (#414B) is closed due to a washout on the trail.

Expert: 12.2 miles | 4900 ft.

Multnomah - Wahkeena Falls Loop, OR

Moderate: 4.8 miles | 1540 ft.

Multnomah Falls, OR

Easy: 2.6 miles | 700 ft.

Multnomah Falls - Franklin Ridge Loop, OR

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Trail is open to Benson Bridge. Beyond that it is closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening that section of trail.

Expert: 12 miles | 2760 ft.

Multnomah Falls to Devil's Rest, OR

Strenuous: 8.4 miles | 2368 ft.

Multnomah Falls to Larch Mountain via Oneonta Trail, OR

Expert: 17.2 miles | 4400 ft.

Nesmith Point, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Expert: 10.2 miles | 3700 ft.

Nick Eaton Ridge Loop, OR

Expert: 14 miles | 3840 ft.

North Lake, OR

Expert: 11.4 miles | 4240 ft.

Oneonta Gorge to Lower Oneonta Falls, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Easy: 0.6 miles | 400 ft.

Panther Creek Falls, WA

Easy: 0.4 miles | 200 ft.

River-to-Rock, WA

Easy: 1.5 miles | 250 ft.

Rooster Rock Loop, OR

Easy: 2.25 miles | 50 ft.

Rowena Plateau Loop, OR

Easy: 2.5 miles | 250 ft.

Sams Walker Loop, WA

Easy: 1.1 miles | 50 ft.

Shepperds Dell Falls, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Easy: 0.2 miles | 0 ft.

Silver Star Mountain - Ed's Trail Loop, WA

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The Forest Service roads up to Ed's Trailhead are in very poor condition this year; much worse than in year's past.

Moderate: 5 miles | 1500 ft.

Moderate: 2.5 miles | 700 ft.

Starvation Creek to Warren Lake, OR

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Starvation Ridge Cut-off trail (#414B) is closed due to a washout on the trail.

Expert: 11 miles | 4000 ft.

Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Gibbons Creek, WA

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Seasonal trail closed until April 30.

Easy: 2.8 miles | 0 ft.

Expert: 17 miles | 4500 ft.

Tanner Ridge to Dublin Lake, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Expert: 13 miles | 3600 ft.

The Dalles Riverfront Trail, OR

Easy: 3 miles | 200 ft.

Tom McCall Nature Preserve, OR

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The McCall Point trail is seasonally closed during winter when conditions are wet and muddy.

Moderate: 3.25 miles | 1070 ft.

Toothrock, OR

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Partial opening: Parking here and the paved Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail is open. Gorge trail #400 is closed.

Moderate: 4 miles | 200 ft.

Triple Falls, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Moderate: 5 miles | 740 ft.

Upper McCord Creek Falls, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Easy: 2.2 miles | 600 ft.

Wahclella Falls Loop, OR

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Trail closed due to the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. Currently there is no timeline for reopening.

Easy: 1.8 miles | 300 ft.

Strenuous: 9.4 miles | 3380 ft.

Weldon Wagon, WA

Moderate: 5 miles | 1340 ft.

Whistle Punk Interpretive Loop, WA

Easy: 1.5 miles | 0 ft.

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Angel's Rest, OR

Angel's to Devil's Rest Loop, OR

Augspurger Mountain, WA

Balfour-Klickitat Loop, WA

Beacon Rock, WA

Bell Creek Loop, OR

Benson Plateau Loop, OR

Bridal Veil Falls, OR

Cape Horn Loop, WA

Cape Horn, Upper, WA

Catherine Creek Arch Loop, WA

Catherine Creek Labyrinth, WA

Catherine Creek Universal Access Loop, WA

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Crawford Oaks Loop, WA

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Dalles Mountain Ranch to Stacker Butte, WA

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Horsethief Butte, WA

Columbia Hills Historical State Park - Horsethief Lake Petroglyphs, WA

Deschutes River State Park - Ferry Springs Loop, OR

Deschutes River State Park - River Trail, OR

Dog Creek Falls, WA

Dog Mountain Loop, WA

Dry Creek Falls (Herman Creek Pinnacles Extension), OR

Dry Creek Falls to Herman Creek, OR

Eagle Creek to High Bridge, OR

Eagle Creek to Punchbowl Falls, OR

Eagle Creek to Tunnel Falls, OR

Eagle Creek to Wahtum Lake, OR

Elowah Falls, OR

Falls Creek Falls, WA

Fort Cascades Loop, WA

Gillette Lake, WA

Green Point Ridge, OR

Greenleaf Overlook, WA

Hamilton Mountain Loop, WA

Hardy & Rodney Falls (Pool of Winds), WA

Hardy Ridge Loop, WA

Herman Creek to Casey Creek, OR

Herman Creek to Mud Lake, OR

Hole-in-the-Wall Falls , OR

Horsetail Falls Loop, OR

Horsetail, Ponytail & Triple Falls, OR

Indian Point Loop, OR

Klickitat Trail - Fisher Hill to Klickitat, WA

Klickitat Trail - Fisher Hill to Pitt, WA

Klickitat Trail - Lyle to Fisher Hill, WA

Klickitat Trail - Swale Canyon, WA

Lancaster Falls, OR

Larch Mountain Crater Loop, OR

Latourell Falls Loop, OR

Lyle Cherry Orchard, WA

Mitchell Point, OR

Mosier Creek Falls, OR

Mosier Plateau, OR

Mosier Twin Tunnels, OR

Mount Defiance, OR

Multnomah - Wahkeena Falls Loop, OR

Multnomah Falls, OR

Multnomah Falls - Franklin Ridge Loop, OR

Multnomah Falls to Devil's Rest, OR

Multnomah Falls to Larch Mountain via Oneonta Trail, OR

Nesmith Point, OR

Nick Eaton Ridge Loop, OR

North Lake, OR

Oneonta Gorge to Lower Oneonta Falls, OR

Panther Creek Falls, WA

River-to-Rock, WA

Rooster Rock Loop, OR

Rowena Plateau Loop, OR

Sams Walker Loop, WA

Shepperds Dell Falls, OR

Silver Star Mountain - Ed's Trail Loop, WA

St. Cloud Loop, WA

Starvation Creek Falls, OR

Starvation Creek Ridge Loop, OR

Starvation Creek to Warren Lake, OR

Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Gibbons Creek, WA

Strawberry Island Loop, WA