A Waterfall Lover's Guide to the Pacific Northwest 4th ed.
Columbia Gorge 
6 Eagle Creek
Waterfall Entries (refer to hardcopy book for descriptions and directions; page numbers are provided below)

Wauna Falls (u)
Rating: **
Form: cascade
Magnitude: 22
Access: trail (page 168)
USGS Map: Bonneville Dam (1994 nl)

Ruckel Creek Falls (u)
Rating: *
Form: cascade
Magnitude: 30
Access: trail (page 168)
USGS Map: Bonneville Dam (1994 ns)
Image courtesy of Greg Lief









Metlako Falls
Rating: ****
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 73 (h)
Access: trail (page 168)
USGS Map: Bonneville Dam (1994)










Lower Punch Bowl Falls
Rating: ***
Form: punchbowl
Magnitude: 19
Access: trail (page 169)
USGS Map: Tanner Butte (1994 ns)


Punch Bowl Falls
Rating: ****
Form: punchbowl
Magnitude: 48 (h)
Access: trail (page 169)
USGS Map: Tanner Butte (1994)






Loowit Falls
Rating: **
Form: horsetail
Magnitude: 21 (l)
Access: trail (page 170)
USGS Map: Tanner Butte (1994)










Skoonichuk Falls
Rating: **
Form: tiered
Magnitude: 61
Access: trail (page 170)
USGS Map: Tanner Butte (1994 nl)










Tenas Falls (u)
Rating: *
Form: cascade
Magnitude: 10 (l)
Access: trail (page 170)
USGS Map: Tanner Butte (1994 ns)

Wy'East Falls (u)
Rating: **
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 30 (l)
Access: trail and bushwhack (page 170)
USGS Map: Wahtum Lake (1979 nl)










Tunnel Falls
Rating: *****
Form: plunge
Magnitude: 67
Access: trail or backpack (page 171)
USGS Map: Wahtum Lake (1979)










Eagle Creek Falls (u)
Rating: ***
Form: tiered
Magnitude: 37
Access: trail or backpack (page 171)
USGS Map: Wahtum Lake (1979 nl)










Blue Grouse Falls (u)
Rating: *
Form: punchbowl
Magnitude: 29
Access: trail or backpack (page 171)
USGS Map: Wahtum Lake (1979 nl)






Others

The 10 to 20-foot base of Benson Falls (u), USGS Tanner Butte (1994 nl) is visible from the trail a short distance beyond High Bridge crossing of Eagle Creek.

Each of the following cataracts occur along tributaries well above Eagle Creek Gorge, thus cannot be seen: Sorenson Creek Falls (u), USGS Bonneville Dam (1994 nl); Tish Creek Falls (u), USGS Tanner Butte (1994 nl); Upper Wauna Falls (u), USGS Tanner Butte (1994 nl); Opal Creek Falls (u) and Upper Opal Creek Falls (u), both USGS Tanner Butte (1994 nl); Upper Tenas Falls (u) USGS Tanner Butte (1994 nl); Four Mile Falls (u), USGS Tanner Butte (1994 nl); Middle Four Mile Falls, Upper Four Mile Falls (u), and North Benson Falls (u), all USGS Wahtum Lake (1979 nl); Waucoma South Falls (u), Waucoma North Falls (u), and Eagle Tanner Falls (u), all USGS Wahtum Lake (1979 nl); and East Fork Falls (u), USGS Wahtum Lake (1979 nl)

Toward the headwaters of Eagle Creek, access is unlikely to Falls Creek Falls (u), Upper Falls Creek Falls (u), and West Branch Falls (u), all USGS Tanner Butte (1994 nl); and Upper West Branch Falls (u), USGS Tanner Butte (1994 nl).  Also inaccessible are Middle Ruckel Creek Falls (u) and Upper Ruckel Creek Falls (u), both USGS Bonneville Dam (1994 nl).


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