Columbia River Gorge & Mount Hood Family Multi-Adventure Tour – Older Teens & 20s

Oregon

Start/End Portland

Itinerary

Days 1-2 Start your adventure in Portland, near the confluence of the mighty Columbia and Willamette Rivers |  Introduce yourself to the epic Columbia River Gorge with a hike that visits 3 waterfalls! | Relax by the remarkable six-sided, 92-foot stone fireplace at Timberline Lodge, our rustic high-alpine retreat | Start your day with a hearty breakfast, then hit the trail from the doorstep of the lodge | Make your way across groves of hemlock, past waterfalls and through a dramatic canyon to beautiful wildflower-filled meadows | Savor the evening alpenglow on Mount Hood then slumber above the tree line at 6,000 feet.

Day 3 Travel through the lush Hood River Valley, one of the most prolific fruit-growing regions in the world, to the magnificent Columbia River Gorge | Get to know the town Hood River, with its plethora of microbreweries and organic eateries  | Cycle a beautiful winding and rolling path offering breathtaking views of the gorge | Breeze through the famous windowed Twin Tunnels leading to the town of Mosier, surrounded by cherry orchards | Retreat to our historic hotel perched on a cliff above the Columbia River.

Day 4 Spend the morning on the fourth-largest river in America, kayaking among the protected coves of the Columbia River | Marvel at how a trickle of snowmelt in the Canadian Rockies can dramatically transform the landscape over the course of 1,200 miles to the Pacific | Venture to the Washington side of the gorge, visited by Lewis and Clark during their Corps of Discovery Expedition | Delight in the amenities of our modern resort, nestled among 175 wooded acres in the Columbia Gorge National Scenic area.

Days 5-6 Lace up your hiking boots and venture into a deep emerald canyon of a lush temperate rain forest | Hike along trails that were blasted into the hillside of a gnarled old-growth forest above Eagle Creek | Check out Punchbowl Falls as it plunges into a blue-green ferny grotto | Cross a dramatic bridge looming 120 feet above a narrow moss-lined gorge | Cruise on two wheels on a path along the Columbia River Gorge whose vertical basalt walls are graced with the greatest concentration of waterfalls in North America | Follow the graceful curves of the route passing lush green forest and rare endemic plants.