as huge basalt cliffs will accompany you, and water views most of the way up. Don’t want to stop walking? Have more time?

And these rock columns are very similar to other basalt rock columns throughout the Columbia River Gorge. What's the difference? (mysterious music) So it turns out there's two basalt stories here.

On the Eagle Creek Trail, you'll experience the soaring majesty of the scenic Columbia River Gorge's dramatic basalt cliffs by clinging to them on a trail that was blasted out of the rock in 1915.

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area The Columbia ... you'll walk past several waterfalls along the creek, as well as tall basalt cliffs and forests of Douglas fir, cedar and hemlock.