Multnomah Falls in the Fall

I had a friend visiting from Albuquerque who had never visited the Gorge AND it had been over 6 years since I had visited the Multnomah Falls area, so off we went ....

I was curious and a bit aphrehensive to revisit this area. How much of the beauty had survived the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire? Good news -- its still gorgeous. Changed and scarred, but beautiful still.

Upper & Lower Multnomah Falls
This is the view everyone comes for -- there are throngs of tourists and a full parking lot to prove it ... but I came for what lay just beyond the top of the falls ...
Multnomah Falls - Wahkeena Falls Loop
At another hikers suggestion, we parked at the base of the Wahkeena Falls and hiked the loop clockwise, starting our "ascent" at Multnomah Lodge. Great advice both from a parking standpoint and a gentler ascent...
Base of the upper Multnomah Falls
The is a trail that leads you through 11 long switchbacks to climb from the base of the gorge up towards the plateau above ...
One last peak at the upper Multnomah falls before moving on up along Multnomah Creek, above the falls...
Picturesque pool just above Multnomah Falls ...
Multnomah Creek
Evidence of the 2017 fire was plentiful, but so too was evidence of the slow process of recovery ...
Burned trees in stark contrast to the lush creek bed
Scarred but still beautiful ...
Wahkeena Creek
Such a wild creek ... seems to going every which way ...
Wahkeena Creek
Hasn't changed much from my 2013 visit ... Still feels/looks like a creek that's still figuring out which path it wants to follow...