Mosier Plateau

 For our second hike today, we choose the Mosier Plateau a 3.5 mile hike with 600 ft of gain. The trailhead is located in the city of Mosier.
There were balsamroot in bloom at the beginning of the trail.

 A short ways up the trail is an overlook of Mosier Creek Falls.

 Soon after the falls, the trail climbs steeply uphill in a series of swithbacks with several sections of stairs. The hill was filled with wildflowers.

 On top of the plateau, we saw lots of wildflowers, here the trail begins to wind downhill for about 200 ft.

The views and wildflowers were wonderful.

 There were once a couple of houses up on the plateau, these tulips were probably from their yards originally.












Looking north across the Columbia River to Coyote Wall on the Washington side.

We were grateful for the breeze and rare shady spots on this hot spring day.