Oregon Road Trip

Dog Mountain

Columbia River Gorge

Dog Mountain Hike

A short but rigorous hike up Dog Mountain

Gretchen recommended this trail. This time of year wildflowers should be blooming.

A relatively easy 3.8 miles straight up over 1 billion feet of elevation gain.

We encountered a sign with two seemingly different options.

It's a trick, they're actually both more difficult.

As we broke treeline we also got our first glimpse of the wildflowers Gretchen had promised.

A view of the Columbia Gorge from the first clearing.

We continued our ascent along a path that parted a sea of yellow.

Wildflower fields forever.

Another view of the gorge not far from the top of the mountain.

Also, a great spot to scarf down some lunch.

The hike back down offered views like this one.

Whether you're hiking up them, or back down, I gotta' say switchbacks aren't so bad when they look like this.