Oregon Waterfalls Trip
Bend/Mt Hood, Oregon
August 23-30, 2025
Co-Trip Leaders: Sharon Williams and Diane Osborn
Type of Trip: Travel/House Rentals with Day Hiking
Trip Cost/Deposit: $1115/$557 (airfare not included; participants are responsible to meet the group at the Portland, OR airport on Saturday at the agreed upon time *)
Cancellation Date and full payment: July 1, 2025
Wilderness Level: 1-3 - typical meetup day event in good weather setting with cell coverage
Trip Difficulty: Moderate - ave,. day could be 6-10 miles with elevation
Policy on Fitness Self-Assessment
Level 2: Primarily applies to trips in which we carry only day packs. In one day, we can hike up to 9 miles and 4500 feet of elevation gain on maintained trails, or up to 7 miles and 2000 feet of elevation gain on more rugged, less-maintained trails. For a Level 2 trip you should be comfortable hiking 6-8 miles in a day in hilly or mountainous terrain with a light day pack. If a backpacking trip has a Level 2 rating, it means the distances are 2-4 miles with little elevation gain/loss.
Level 3: Applies to backpacking trips in which we hike with 25-35 pound backpacks. In one day, we can hike up to 7 miles and 3000 feet of elevation gain on maintained trails, or up to 5 miles and 2000 feet of elevation gain on more rugged trails. For a Level 3 trip you should be comfortable hiking 6-8 miles in a day in hilly or mountainous terrain with a 25-pound backpack.
Group Size: 8/7 Maximum/Minimum
This trip is one for day hikes and viewing waterfalls of Oregon - Oregon has plenty. We will begin the trip on Saturday by heading to Bend, OR from the Portland, OR airport once everyone has arrived and the rental vehicles have been picked up.
*All participants are responsible to independently travel to meet at Portland, OR airport by the agreed upon meetup time.
We will spend the first part of the trip in Bend, OR for 3 nights and explore Smith Rock State Park, hike the Green Lakes Trail to Broken Top and explore some easy hikes to other local waterfalls like Tumalo Falls & Double Falls if time allows.
We will depart Bend, OR and head to a town closer to Mt. Hood and the Columbia River to explore many other waterfalls in the area, including spending the day at Silver Falls State Park (10 mile loop of 10 waterfalls), hiking Multnomah Falls, other falls along the Columbia River, and Ramona Falls near Mt. Hood. We will also take a trip up to the Timberline Lodge to explore a little and maybe hike some of the area, including Tamanawas Falls nearby.
The trip cost includes 7 dinners and 7 breakfasts, housing and rented vehicles plus fuel for the trip. Participants are responsible for snacks and lunches. Lodging will require people to share beds at the homes rented (some have several king beds). If this is not for you, feel free to bring a sleeping pad and we can be creative for sleeping arrangements. Other details will follow once everyone has signed up for the trip.
Questions may be submitted to ciwcinfo@gmail.com.
All trip participants must fill out and submit a CIWC Medical Form and Long Waiver Form.
Effective on all trips, there will be a $50 non refundable registration fee. This fee will be assessed to those who sign up for a trip, get on the roster and then later cancel. Even cancelling before the cancel date. Those who never make the active roster (i.e. those who stay on the waitlist) will NOT be charged the $50 cancellation fee.
