Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Triple Falls with the youth

Dana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown Point

I volunteered to go with the Teacher’s Quorum on one of their practice hikes for their big hike this summer. They let me pick the hike and I figured Triple Falls fit the parameters pretty well, especially since none of them had been there before.

 

 

 

We started at Horsetail Falls headed up to Ponytail Falls.

Dana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown PointDana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown Point

The trail is a very pretty one, with some nice views and lots of waterfalls.

Dana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown PointDana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown Point

We had a short stop at Upper Oneonta Falls and continued up to Triple Falls. The boys had a very fast pace and we made it up the 2.5 miles in about an hour.

Dana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown PointDana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown Point

We explored around Triple Falls for a while.

Dana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown PointDana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown Point 

The weather was great. It took another hour to get back to the car The whole hike was a little over 5 miles.

Dana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown Point

Dana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown PointDana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown Point

On the way home we did a quick stop at Crown Point.

Dana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown PointDana Jensen photos of Horsetail to Triple Falls hike, Columbia River Gorge. Including Ponytail Falls, Upper Oneonta Falls, and Crown Point

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