Today The Oregonian has the Klickitat Trail featured. Also know as the Klickitat Rail Trail this rails-to-trails goes over 30 miles from Lyle all the way to Warwick, Washington. This treail is also known as the Swale Canyon Trail. Read the article HERE.

Steve Jones went on a gravel bike ride Saturday in rural Wasco County. Started from the Dalles and headed south. I never know there were so many views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams south of The Dalles. We could see one or the other for about half our ride. There is an...

By Steve Jones This week I went on the upper portion of the Klickitat Rail Trail from the Harms Road Trailhead. This is a great time of the year to take this hike because the top portion of the trail has little shade.  The  creek gently flows along the converted...

By Rod Hooker I have worked on many trails and remember some with affection. However, I do believe this new trail - the western loop of the Lyle Cherry Orchard property (owned and overseen by the Friends of the Columbia River Gorge) - has to be one of the all-time...

by Steve Jones. On March 9th I worked on the Eagle Creek Trail clearing off new slides of mud, trees, and rocks. We worked in perfect weather for shoveling, chopping, lopping, and dragging all the gunk off the trail. The end result of the day is that the trail crew...

by Steve Jones My wife and I hiked the Ellen Davis Trail today and I knew a little about her because she was an early member of the Chinook Trail Association. My wife asked "Who was Ellen Davis?" The following information was written by one of the Chinook Trail...

by Steve Jones Ed Blodgett and I took advantage of wonderful day Tuesday February 9th and snowshoed from above the quarry on the DNR 1180 Road up an old Jeep trail to the Chinook Trail. This route is fairly safe from avalanches and avoids driving to the FR 4109...

by Steve Jones I worked on the CLOSED Eagle Creek Trail Friday February 6th. The road to the parking lot is barricaded and the trail is barricaded in two places. High winds and rain cause work parties to be canceled for safety but it was a drizzly day so we set off to...

by Steve Jones Our recent rains have created multiple landslides in area burned by recent forest fires. This affects the Oregon side of the Chinook Trail. Also on the Oregon portion of the Chinook Trail the September windstorm blew down over 40 trees across the upper...

by Steve Jones Last Saturday on 1/16/21 Rod Hooker from Washington Trails Association and myself hiked on the Bluff Mountain Trail. The Forest Road 41 is in terrible shape and regular passenger cars will bottom out in the plethora of potholes on the way to the Bluff...