by Mark Zoller | Jun 23, 2020 | Columbia River Gorge, Washington and Oregon fun and outdoor activities, Hiking, wild flowers
Is a wilderness area to vast and far to enjoy? Is it there only for the extreme explorer? Fortunately a congressionally designated wilderness area can be either magnificently vast and extreme and sometimes easily accessible and breath-taking. Within just minutes of my...
by Mark Zoller | Feb 21, 2020 | Columbia River Gorge, Washington and Oregon fun and outdoor activities, Family Activity, Hiking
Some days getting in on an easier hike is exactly what you need and others you’d like something a little bit tougher. For both, Catherine Creek fits the bill perfectly. Sitting midways up the wall of the Columbia River Gorge and just six miles east of Bingen,...
by Mark Zoller | Feb 20, 2020 | Columbia River Gorge, Washington and Oregon fun and outdoor activities, Hiking
The Columbia River Gorge has two terrific towers, one on each side. Mt. Adams to the north at over 12K feet and Mt. Hood to the south at over 11K feet. Mt. Hood is said to be the second most climbed mountain in the world and while I don’t know what qualifications...