We spent a day in the Columbia River gorge recently, but only had time for some exploring on the Washington side of the gorge. The Oregon side, equally beautiful, will have to wait for another trip. Though we visited three or four different locations we spent most of our time at Dog Mountain, climbing to the top of the mountain for some spectacular vistas of the Columbia River. There were plenty of wildflowers and orchids, too, and we had a wonderful but tiring day. The hike was over seven miles with 2800 feet of gain in elevation, but worth the effort.
trailhead
climbing
along the trail
Forktooth Ookow
Threadleaf Phacelia
Columbia Windflower
Oregon White Oaks
trail
Striped Coralroot
Spotted Coralroot
Phantom Orchid
Mount Hood
Spreading Phlox
Cow Parsnip
Western Coltsfoot
Sword Fern
Nine-leaf Lomatium
out of the forest
Columbia River and Wind Mountain
wildflowers
Two-banded Checkered Skipper
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Rock Penstemon
trail
Columbia River and Wind Mountain
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Cow Parsnip
Oregon
unidentified
Spreading Phlox
Larkspur
Paintbrush and Balsamroot
unidentified insect
Small Milkweed Bug
Paintbrush
the view east
Penstemon
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Puget Balsamroot, I think
Thimbleberry
Death Camas
Farewell to Spring
unidentified shrub
Forktooth Ookow
guttation on a polypore
Red Columbine
near Husum
Seep-spring Monkey-flwoer
Catherine Creek
Harvest Brodiaea
Paper Onion
