And media coverage that seems to desperately seek out and exaggerate tragedy doesn’t help. Most of us also grew up in the age of Smoky the Bear telling us all fire is bad. There was much mourning when the Eagle Creek Fire broke out in 2017, and I can’t tell you how many people I heard say things like, “The Gorge is on fire” or “Eagle Creek is gone.” I get that most people aren’t too familiar with the history or patterns of fires in this part of the world. Classic “mosaic burn” pattern How Bad Was the Eagle Creek Fire? Several other trails have also re-opened (and are still open in January), including Wachlella Falls, Elowah Falls, and the Larch Mountain Trail from Multnomah Falls to the Wahkeena Trail Junction. Check with the Columbia Gorge NSA for the latest. Update: This trail did, in fact, close again in early January because of landslides.
That’s why the exit was closed, and Eagle Creek Canyon will be even more prone to slides than usual for quite a while. All of that can change any time, because especially after the fire, landslides will be more common in the area. The trail reopened around December 31, 2020, and the highway exit on the following day. Diggit I got a chance on New Year’s Day 2021 to go and hike some of the Eagle Creek Trail in the Columbia River Gorge for the first time since the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire.
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