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. Trail crosses creek on short log bridge. 
. Trail enters narrow canyon of creek on left. 
Features of the trail. 
Trail goes left and crosses creek. Drinking water. 
A mile board reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 2% MILES. 
Punchbowl Falls. 
HIGHBRIDGE, 1% MILES. 
EAGLE CREEK TUNNEL,| 4 MILES. 
A signboard reads: 
Foot trail turns right to views of Punchbowl Falls 
and down into gorge below the Punchbowl. 
Falls below 
bridge. Camp and lunch site on left of trail at 
bridge. Build camp fires and burn lunch refuse 
in rock fireplace provided. Foot trail turns right 
near bridge to view point above Punchbowl Falls 
and to camp sites on Eagle Creek above the falls. 
. Trail crosses open rock slide. 
. Through open brushy timber on rocky hillside enter- 
ing parklike timber. 
. Mile board reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 3 MILES. 
Trail goes along summit of high cliffs. 
Crosses 
a narrow rock gorge over a high log bridge sup- 
ported by one log pillar. 
. Trail crosses a rock slide—'‘ The Singing Stones.”’ 
. A mile board reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 3% MILES. 
. A beautiful small waterfall is seen on opposite banks 
of Eagle Creek. 
. Trail enters a deep rocky gorge clinging to the face of 
a high perpendicular rock cliff, on the edge of a 
cleft in the rocks, less than 25 feet wide and 125 
feet deep. Eagle Creek below. A spring and 
drinking water is on right of trail near high log 
bridge crossing the chasm. Trail goes over bridge. 
. Trail continues through fir timber on right bank of 
Eagle Creek with views of High Bridge and Eagle 
Creek gorge. 
. Mile board on right reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 4 MILES. 
Rainbow Falls on left. 
(10) 
Miles. Features of the trail. 
4-3. Sheltered hollow in Eagle Creek gorge. Free public 
camping grounds on left after crossing bridge. 
Creek and falls on left. 
Trail leaves camp grounds and follows face of rock 
clifls into the Eagle Creek burn. Forest shows 
marked signs of destruction by forest fire. Creek 
flows into Eagle Creek on right. 
4-4. 
. Mile board cn right reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 4% MILES. 
. Creek flows into Eagle Creek on right. 
5.0. Mile board reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 5 MILES. 
5.3. Trail crosses small stream over bridge. 
fall above trail on left. 
High water- 
5.5. Mile board on right reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 5% MILES. 
Trail passes through open valley with free views of 
the surrounding ridges. 
. Small creek flows into Eagle Creek on right. 
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. Small creek flows into Eagle Creek on right. 
. Mile board reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 6 MILES. 
. Trail crosses a long rock slide. High cliffs and steep 
mountain sides on both sides of Eagle Creek. 
. Trail passes underneath high rock cliffs. Water- 
falls on right. Trail is cut through massive 
columnar basalt, a volcanic lava-rock formation 
of prismatic columns. Trail now enters a rocky 
narrows with three high waterfalls. 
6.3. Approaching Eagle Creek Tunnel. The trail is cut 
into the perpendicular rock wall of the cliff and 
goes behind a high waterfall through a tunnel cut 
into solid rock. 
6.5. Mile board reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 6% MILES. 
Trail follows high rock cliffs and ascends to summit 
of waterfalls on Eagle Creek. The valley of 
Eagle Creek widens and opens above the falls. 
6.8. Trail skirts rock cliff. Waterfalls on right. 
7.0. Mile board reads: 
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY, 7 MILES. 
