I did a trail run starting/ending at the Elowah Falls trailhead. I first headed east, sticking to the trail closest to the highway (Historic Columbia River Hwy State Trail), until I reached the Wahclella Falls trailhead.
The Wahclella Falls trail is closed for a landslide at the moment, and the trail is gated at the first bridge. After turning around here, I headed back west along Gorge Trail #400.
The turn-off trail to Munra Point has a sign marking the trail as closed, but I thought I'd go and see how it looked anyway. It is in really rough shape, and is something of a scramble up very steep and slippery mud/loose rock. I went up to the viewpoint about .4 miles from the turn-off and then turned around since I didn't have time for the slow-going this trail would require. It's closed for a reason...
The bridge at Elowah Falls on Gorge Trail #400 is washed out, but the river is not hard to cross.
I took the detour to Upper McCord Creek Falls before returning to the Elowah Falls trailhead, and that section of trail is very cool and in good shape.
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