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White River Falls (Tygh Valley Falls)

White River Falls


White River Falls (also known as Tygh Valley Falls) is a gorgeous and powerful multi-tiered waterfall within the rainshadowed Tygh Valley southeast of Mt Hood. The falls provides sightseers a great excuse to experience a substantial waterfall in scenery that is noticeably drier than its mossy, lush counterparts in the Columbia River Gorge. However, I think this waterfall generally gets more noticed by whitewater rafting and kayak enthusiasts who like to run the lowest waterfall and continue the whitewater rush further downstream.

From the car park, there's a viewing area in just a few paces. However, this viewpoint is only of the upper waterfall. We noticed a path leading further down the gorge past a footbridge that afforded us access to a viewpoint where we could look directly at the middle tiers of the falls in addition to the uppermost tiers. It turns out that this path leads to some hydro building near the bottom of the descent.

However, there are some previously worn sections of trail unofficially branching from the main path leading to a few outcrops with a more direct view of all the main tiers of the waterfall. We were content with the views from here, but I've seen Webshots of this waterfall from a precarious outcrop higher up the gorge looking straight down at the falls (I'm not sure I'd try that) as well as with kayakers down below (as alluded to earlier on this page).

Directions: We drove here by heading east on I-84 to The Dalles (rhymes with "the Pals"), then heading south on Hwy 197 before continuing east on Hwy 216. This drive was roughly 60 miles from Hood River, and is thus a fair bit outside the waterfall-saturated Columbia River Gorge.

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The Upper White River FallsThe Upper White River Falls

The Middle White River FallsThe Middle White River Falls

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Following the water's flow beginning at a breathtaking view of the falls and ending at the hydro building downstream


Following the water's flow from the waterfall itself to the hydro building downstream


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My cousins and I lived on State Hwy. 216, just a mile or so east of the park entrance in 1978 and 1979. We frequently went to the falls during the hot ...



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