PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Friends of the Columbia Gorge, a group dedicated to protecting and preserving the scenic area, has a goal to construct a 200-mile loop trail network that would encircle a ...

Sheraz Sadiq / OPB The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is the largest scenic area in the U.S., covering more than 80 miles of forest, hills and bluffs in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Its ...

The Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail continues to inch toward completion, with yet another section officially open to the public. A two-mile segment of the trail opened Saturday between ...

One of the most popular mountain bike trails in the Pacific Northwest is getting a major upgrade. The Coyote Wall Trail, also known as the Syncline Trail, runs along the top of a basalt cliff just ...

Whether it’s the Ice Age floods that carved it or the wildfire in 2017 that scarred it, the Columbia River Gorge is a testament to nature’s destructive fury. But from ruin comes rebirth. Eight years ...

One of the Columbia River Gorge’s most popular hiking trails, the Cape Horn trail east of Washougal, is getting some much-needed care thanks to volunteers from the Cape Horn Conservancy. The group is ...