It’s Spring Chinook Season!

Spring chinook are back! As of today, Columbia River is open for spring chinook fishing from Buoy 10 to the OR/WA border above the McNary Dam. Make sure your fishing license is current, and then head out to the Columbia to cast a line. Read through the Oregon...

Gorge Tourism Studio – Adventure Travel & Outdoor Recreation

The Columbia River Gorge attracts people from all over the world. With these visitors from near and far, comes the opportunity for a rich tourism industry in towns throughout the Gorge. Travel Oregon is currently presenting The Gorge Tourism Studio, a workshop program...

Eagle Creek Trail Above Punchbowl Closed for Over a Year

During the summer, hundreds of people hike to Punchbowl Falls every day. However, for at least a year Punchbowl Falls is about as far as you can go up the Eagle Creek Trail. A bridge on the trail above Punchbowl Falls that crosses Tish Creek was wiped out this winter,...

Wahclella Falls Hike on Tanner Creek

Tucked upstream from Bonneville Dam sits a scenic falls easily reachable on a short out-and-back hike. Wahclella Falls along Tanner Creek offers Gorge hikers a big reward at the end of a scenic walk in the woods: This is one of the must-do easy hikes in the Gorge....

The Bridal Veil Post Office’s International Popularity

You might have noticed it as you drive by on I-84, or you might have passed it on your way to the popular Bridal Veil falls, but the small, nondescript Bridal Veil, OR U.S. Post Office attracts a crowd of its own, just like the popular waterfalls that surround it....