This post is a companion image to this new WyEast Blog article about the disputed Enola Hill Road access to Zigzag Mountain, at the west end of the Mount Hood Wilderness. I took this photo from a prominent viewpoint at the crest of Enola Hill that carries significant cultural and spiritual significance for area tribes, and thus has been the center of litigation over logging and highway building in past decades.
The photo dates back to a reconnaissance trip several years ago in preparation for an eventual waterfall adventure to the base of the falls with a group of friends and waterfall admirers. I wanted to see if there was a way to bring a trail to this little-known falls, given that it is less than a mile from US26.
The linked article dives much deeper, but that trip to the falls made it clear that the best views of Devil Canyon Falls were from this more distant viewpoint, not-up close due to the steep and very rugged terrain. Nonetheless, it was spectacular, wild scene and an adventure I’ll never forget!
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Image Description: A tall waterfall cascades down a mountain slope in a series of stairsteps, each tier a veil of bright white against the black basalt cliff. The falls are nearly concealed by a dense forest of deep green Douglas fir and Western redcedar trees that crowd the stream and grow among the cliffs and talus slopes. Bright-green new growth on Douglas fir boughs in the foreground reveal this to be a spring scene.
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