This was a short hike that ended up being a bit more challenging than expected. It was about 5 mile round trip with an elevation change of no more than 600’ which on its own sounds pretty decent but adding the fact that it starts at 3000’ makes a big difference. With all the snow we’ve had this past winter up in the mountain, snow at this altitude is still pretty thick so the whole trail was covered. It wasn’t bad but enough to make it slippery. This trail is located on the eastern side of Mount Hood and follows the cold Spring Creek up the mountain. The trail started right after crossing a wood bridge over the creek. From that point on we walked all the way with the creek and some beautiful little falls on our side. Clearly spring is pushing in but it hasn’t got here yet. Views were very nice all the way up to a point were it seemed we couldn’t continue further and reach the falls. At that point everybody turned back except for Paddy that was already far ahead. Chris and I went looking for him and at the turn of a ridge we met up and he mentioned that we were very close to the falls. We decided at that point to head on (just the three of us) and get to the falls. That ended up being a great decision. This waterfall is probably one of the prettiest I’ve seen so far here in Oregon. Or our way back, we stopped at Full Sail in Hood River for some food and drinks.
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