Eagle Creek Staircase
From Portland Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes including this location:
- Tooth Rock Loop Hike (TH | <-- --> | LOG)
- Latitude: 45.6388
- Longitude: -121.93345
- Maps: Portland Hikers Maps Google Earth
- Elevation: 60 feet
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Description
When the old Historic Columbia River Highway was reopened as a trail in 1996, some of it was just missing. Trail builders used a variety of techniques to connect the sections. Here, east of Tooth Rock, a large section of the road and the rock beneath it was blasted away to provide an approach to the new Tooth Rock Tunnel in 1937. The new highway surface is about 40 feet lower than the old. Trail builders had to resort to a staircase to link to two section together. Bicyclists will need to get off and walk, but a guideway has been provided beside the stairway to facilitate pushing bikes.
A few feet east of the stop sign at the top of the staircase is a hidden junction with another historic trail. This trail follows an ancient portage road westward over the ridge behind Tooth Rock. It's quite overgrown in places but very easy to follow. It connects with the Historical Columbia River Highway Trail near the Tooth Rock Trailhead.
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Guidebooks that cover this destination
- 60 Hikes within 60 miles of Portland, by Paul Gerald
- 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon - 3rd Edition, by William L Sullivan
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