Starvation Creek Hike
A Friends of the Gorge Hike
Sunday 4/26/15
Three Steep miles past waterfalls and beautiful lookouts



The group
with our leader Tom
at the trailhead



We went to the
Starvation Ridge- Mt. Definance Cutoff
This was a steep half mile





This was our first destination





This was our second destination





These are the signs at the cutoff

The trail along the ridge was quite nice



The views were terrific







We went passed three waterfalls

This is the first falls we came to



Hole In The Wall Falls
The second falls we came to





This is the top of Hole in the Wall Falls

Note that the stream is emerging from a man made hole in the rock.

Back in 1939 A stream was diverted though this hole and at that time a pipe carried the water from that hole to Columbia river.

This was done in order to avoid having to build a bridge for the Old Columbia River Highway.



This is the third falls we saw





Crossing this stream was a bit of a challenge


There were lots of flowers
shown below are some samples









Lots of chocolate Lillies
(Fritillaria camschatcensis )

Indianh Paintbrush
(Castilleja)





Glacier Lily
(Erythronium montanum)

Three similar lilies grow in the Gorge

Click here to see Avalanche, Glacier and Fawn Lilies


See the following for more information:

Info on hole in the wall falls

Description of hike from Friends of the George

OPB Program describing Blocked Falls

Trailkeepers of Oregon site

Photos taken by Gunner

OregonHikers.org Oregon Hikers Forum

Tom Kloster's Blog - heled our Stavation Creek hike


Directions to the trailhead
1) Take I84 East 2) Exit at Exit #55 Starvation Creek State Park



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