Devil's Backbone
From Portland Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes including this destination:
- Rock of Ages Loop Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Latitude: 45.58741
- Longitude: -122.0633
- Maps: Portland Hikers Maps Google Earth
- Elevation: 1302 feet
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Description
The climax, and for some, the turnaround spot on the Rock of Ages trail. This rocky spine offers views of Beacon Rock, Hamilton Mountain and on a clear day Mount Saint Helens. Take care on the slippery surface as the span is not wide and the drop-off is severe on the western side.
To reach this location it takes some dedicated climbing up a steep, unmaintained trail that gains about 900 feet in less than a mile. This requires some hand-over-foot scrambling through patches of poison oak. But your reward is a unique, majestic and isolated loft high above the Oneonta Gorge overlooking a expansive panorama of the Columbia River Gorge.
Trip Reports
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- Rock of Ages 8/10/06
- Rock of Ages, Upper Horsetail Falls, Bell Creek, Oneonta loop 6/23/06
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Related Discussions / Q&A
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- Horsetail Falls 11/20/06
- Popular gorge hikes observation 8/14/2006
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Guidebooks that cover this destination
- Day Hike! Columbia Gorge, by Seabury Blair, Jr.
- Afoot and Afield Portland/Vancouver, by Douglas Lorain
- 35 Hiking Trails, Columbia River Gorge, by Don & Roberta Lowe
- Columbia River Gorge, 42 Scenic Hikes, by Don & Roberta Lowe
- Hiking the Columbia River Gorge - 1st and 2nd Editions, by Russ Schneider
- 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon - 3rd Edition, by William L Sullivan
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