Cabin Creek
Hood River County, Oregon
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00 :46 hrs
1.2 mi
456 ft
4
Canyoneering

Along the Columbia River Gorge, Cabin Creek ends with a dramatic 200 foot drop into a deep slot. Most of the time, the flow is very small. To start the route, you will follow the Starvation Ridge Trail up a ridge along switchbacks until it makes a sharp left and crosses over Cabin Creek. At this point, the canyoneering down the creek begins with two twenty foot waterfalls. Depending on where you access the creek you may have to negotiate one or both of them. You soon arrive at the edge of the large Cabin Falls. Anchor from a small tree with 8 feet of webbing. The waterfall drops 90 feet into slot with a shallow pool about 40 feet long. It then drops about another 120 feet to the bottom. It is essential that you have a long enough rope if you do this in one rappel. A 60 meter dynamic rope will stretch enough to get you (just barely) to a ledge about 25 feet above the bottom of the falls. From the ledge you can climb down the rest. If you want to rappel the last 25 feet you will need a longer rope. There is a possibility that you could find or create an anchor in the slot and thus, break it up into two rappels.

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