BCEP 2025 Team 6: Angels Rest/Devils Rest Hike

Activity Notes

From oregonhikers.com: The lollipop loop from Angels Rest to Devils Rest encapsulates a variety of experiences at this western end of the Columbia River Gorge. Angels Rest indeed offers heavenly vistas from its exposed promontory 1,500 feet above the Columbia River. Devils Rest, ironically 900 feet above Angels Rest, offers no views whatsoever at its mossy rock summit although there are commanding views east from clifftop perches nearby. The two destinations do have something in common, however, as both are manifestations of the Boring Lava Field, only a million or so years old compared to the 15 million-year-old Columbia River Basalt flows. Angels Rest is an andesite lava flow from Larch Mountain, while Devils Rest is one of the 99 Boring volcanoes. Most of the area you will be traveling through was affected by two recent fires. The 1991 Multnomah Falls Fire scorched the slopes between Angels Rest and Multnomah Falls; the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire was more extensive, but your descent from Devils Rest will be on user-maintained unofficial trails that were undamaged or little damaged by that blaze. Throw in a couple of waterfalls and gushing Wahkeena Spring, and this loop offers an eminently satisfying outing.