The Oregon trail

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Only if you like hiking up a canyon on the shoulders of a million other people when the water is so low that it really isn't all that interesting to see.

April is about the best time to do it because the water is high making it both a challenge to stay dry and suffiiciently traumatic if you fail to do so. Plus there aren't many people there.

Of course, I once swam in the bowl below the waterfall in February, so my tolerance for that is high. Winter is the absolute best time for the gorge in my opinion and spring is a decent compromise. Summer or fall and you should just go somewhere else.

Wow....I'd never dream of doing that hike any time before June...of course I am a fair weather hiker if you will.

You have my awe and admiration for not only hiking that in February; but swimming in the icy cold water beneath the falls.