Catherine Creek and Tracy Hill

Jay Adventure!, Columbia River Gorge - Washington, Day Hiking , , , 0 Comment

This Sunday was day two of my weekend quest to get away from home and look for some sunshine. Saturday was very sunny, but today the weather gods proved too formidable and the grey and wet came back. Luckily for me, I chose to hike on the dry side of the mountains and I was able to escape much of the rain, but I still got sprinkled on lightly as I hiked one of my favorite Columbia River Gorge areas, Catherine Creek.

 

The view of the Columbia river from near the Catherine Creek Trailhead
Catherine Creek Trail
Grass Widows
Buttercup
Buttercup
Catherine Creek Trail
Catherine Creek Trail
Desert Parsley
Catherine Creek
Catherine Creek
Leash? Yeah, probably a good idea wherever you hike.
Old corral at Catherine Creek
Old corral at Catherine Creek
The famed Catherine Creek Arch
Old corral at Catherine Creek
I followed the trail up and when it gains the ridge, I took a left on the ridge and kept climbing. At the time I just considered this all to be the Catherine Creek area, but later I found that this hill in particular is called Tracy Hill.
Grass Widows on Tracy Hill
Grass Widows on Tracy Hill
Tracy Hill
The view from Tracy Hill. Notice the small man made retention pond on the left. I'm guessing it was for livestock that may have roamed Tracy Hill in the past.
Tracy Hill
Tracy Hill
Tracy Hill
Tracy Hill
The beginning of the descent down Tracy Hill.
Descending Tracy Hill
A leftover from the past
Descending Tracy Hill
Descending Tracy Hill - Desert Parsley
Descending Tracy Hill
Descending Tracy Hill
Huge ponderosa pine blocking the trail
Descending Tracy Hill
Another large ponderosa pine. This one blocking the power-line access road down to Catherine Creek
Back to the old corral at Catherine Creek
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