The fire is burning in between Hood River and Cascade Locks. Several areas and trails are closed including Mount Defiance Trail #413 and Starvation Creek State Park.

The slide was one of many on the popular hiking trail during Hinatsu’s 31-year career with the U.S. Forest Service in the Columbia River Gorge. Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian ...

Where to eat, stay, and play in the waterfall- and winery-filled National Scenic Area bordering Washington and Oregon.

The Columbia River Gorge is, technically speaking, one of a kind. It’s the hugest, most diverse, most complicated of 10 designated National Scenic Areas in the United States.

Get outside and explore! Craig Romano, author of "Day Hiking Columbia River Gorge, 2nd Edition" joined us to share some beautiful hikes within driving distance from the Portland-metro area.

Local News Why it's important to know the conditions in the Columbia River Gorge when hiking Over the St. Patrick's Day holiday weekend, search and rescue crews were busy locating missing hikers.

Two popular hiking trails in the Columbia River Gorge are finally reopening after being closed since the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire. The U.S. Forest Service said it took thousands of hours of ...

Travel & Outdoors Columbia Gorge wildflowers, views draw more visitors to newly expanded Lyle Cherry Orchard Published: May. 10, 2023, 7:00 a.m.

Columbia River Gorge U.S. Forest Service The Nesmith Point Trail, located about 8 miles west of Cascade Locks, starts at John B. Yeon State Park and climbs via a network of switchbacks up the ...

CORBETT, Ore. — A trail rescue team helped a pair of stranded hikers get to safety after they got lost on Larch Mountain. A man called 911 at about 7:40 p.m. Friday to report that his wife and a ...

So far in 2022, they have responded to 18 search and rescue calls in Multnomah County and 14 in the Gorge. “It’s been a lot of injured hikers, but we did also have two fatalities in August ...