11/2/2022 0 Comments Dry creek falls hidden water falls![]() Look for my pix on Google Earth of all this stuff and the dried-up creek. Next edition of Curious I’ll have Dry Creek Falls as a loop using the powerline access road…so people can learn the history and see the Dried-up Creek as well (cuz everyone loves a loop). The water shed is still in use today, but the water is pumped upwards into it from wells in the town below. If you walk down the access road in the summer, the stream is of course flowing under the bridge, but when you walk downstream the sound goes away and you just figure the stream curved away from the road, but nope, if you bushwhack over just 100 feet you’ll see the dry stream…as you will if you continue down the access road also.ĭown the (Dry Creek) access road is a bunker-looking building that was built in the 30’s to store the water from the stream’s waterworks for the city’s first municipal supply. ![]() The reason is that just downstream of the PCT trail bridge, just down the access road 200yards, the creek dries up in the summer to nothing, just a dry creek bed as the creek goes subterranean until re-emerging downstream of the powerline corridor. …and, about Dry Creek falls, the Creek was called Dry Creek before the water works were installed. #Dry creek falls hidden water falls full(author’s note: here’s a photo I shared with Scott that shows CCC crews clearing out the old waterline shelf to make way for the trail to Upper McCord Falls - note the Historic Columbia River Highway, far below, and the CCC crew bosses in full uniform) I have another old pic too showing the pipe running along the cliff cleft, illustrating to me that the cleft was a pipeway instead of a WPA/CCC construction. There are some pix on my blog of Kelly’s mill and iterations of his pipes. ![]() The pipes visible on the Upper McCord trail are from Myron Kelly’s pulp mill, not Warren’s cannery. A couple of points…I’m not trying to sound like a know-it-all…but I know that you do like to get at the bottom of things and eschew conjecture: Hey Tom, so of course I read your blog like a good Gorge denizen. They make terrific stocking stuffers (…although you’ll need an 11×17” stocking…), and CafePress now makes it even easier by offering PayPal as an option.Īddendum: Gorge uber-Guru Scott Cook set me straight on a couple of comments in the above article: The calendars sell for $29.99 + shipping, with about 25% of the proceeds going to support the Mount Hood National Park Campaign. CafePress packages them carefully, with each calendar sealed against a corrugated cardboard backing for support. They are large and functional, measuring 17” across by 22” tall when hung, with plenty of room for writing notes and scheduling activities. The thirteen images I chose for the 2013 calendar are from a few thousand images I’ve taken this year on something just shy of 40 outings to Mount Hood and the Gorge - a bit less time on the trail than a typical year would allow, but no complaints! As always, these adventures took me to new places and discoveries, as well as fond visits to my favorite old haunts.Īnd as always, the magnificent scenery further confirmed my conviction that Mount Hood should (and will!) be set aside as our next National Park! Hopefully, the calendar makes the case, as well.Ģ013 Mount Hood National Park Calendar at CafePress I paid the price for taking in the sunset that night at Lolo Pass, as my car was broken into at the trailhead – something I’d somehow managed to avoid in all my years of hiking! As frustrating as it was to deal with the repairs and lost belongings… I’d do it all over again just to spend those magical hours watching the mountain that night - it was truly breathtaking! Here, take a closer look, and see for yourself: December Scene: Winter arrives at Lolo Pass ![]()
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