Hamiltion Mountain 03/26/2011

We had our first BCEP hike to Hamilton Mountain, near Beacon Rock on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. It was a very wet hike and this is a group photo on the way out. We packed about 20-25 lbs. of weight in our packs for training.





Here is Rodney falls on the way up to Hamilton Mountain. We had good view of water features, but do to the weather the lookouts were somewhat compromised.




This is the Pools of Winds. As you enter it, there is a large waterfalls noise that is amplified naturally.




Here's are some rocks on the way up to the top.




The hike up to the summit, the clouds were low enough that we couldn't see Mt. Hood.



Karen at the summit of Hamilton Mountain elevation 2480 feet.