| Date: January 23, 2005 | | Location Cape Horn Hike | | Where: Columbia River Gorge | With skiing or snow shoeing out of the question, I came up with this hike in the Columbia River Gorge on the Cape Horn Trail. I have had the map of this hike sitting on my desk for several months to serve as a reminder, so today seemed like the time. A couple of quick calls netted some other interested hikers and off we went. This trail is not written up in any guides that I know of, so I was anxious to explore it. Lucky for us quite a bit of trail work had been done recently so we had no trouble following the route.
|  | | John, Becky, Lou, Dorald, & Jeanette on the trail The trail began at a parking lot used as a Park & Ride, and climbed up through a mixed forest of alder and fir. There were numerous viewpoints along the route that gave us outstanding vistas of the Columbia River Gorge.
|  | | John points out a landmark to Becky |  | | Dorald and Becky looking across the gorge After cresting out at over 1200 feet the route took us down the west slope of the cape, then turned east past the Cape Horn Falls, over the top of the railroad tunnel, and out to a road which we took back to our car.
|  | | Sand Island |  | | Jeanette & Cape Horn Falls |  | | Lou, Becky, & Dorald going under the falls |
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