Hurricane Creek Trail to Slickrock Falls

 We drove to the Hurricane Creek Trailhead in NE Oregon to hike up to Slick Rock Falls in the Eagle Cap Wilderness. We also took a side trail to the waterfall along Falls Creek. We hiked 7 miles with an overall elevation gain of 1,000 ft.
Beautiful hike with lots of waterfalls and some interesting water features.
The first mile or so of the trail is through the woods.

 Here, I liked how these twin flowers have congregated over a decaying log.

 About 0.2 mile from the trailhead is the side trail along Fall Creek. Here there was a profusion of wildflowers in bloom.

 mock orange

 fireweed and paintbrush

 monkey flowers and paintbrush

Twin peaks above the waterfall on Falls Creek

 Closer view of this waterfall

We went about 0.25 mile up to the waterfall then returned to the main trail.

 About 0.5 mile from the trailhead we crossed this stream over logs on the water.

 Besides wildflowers in the forest, there were open areas with many wildflowers along the way.












View of Hurricane Creek and Sacajawea Peak

 The boundary of the Eagle Cap Wilderness is in this burn area.

The trail enters meadows filled with wildflowers (Sacajawea Peak)

 More wildflowers and views of the Hurricanee Divide

 Distant snowy peaks

 We were surrounded by wildflowers in the meadows

 The rail went through another forest section, here we found lady slipper orchids!!!!

 A boot path further up the trail took us along the Hurricane Creek Rapids

 This boot track rejoined the main trail a little ways up the hill.

 Trail heading towards Slick Rock Falls

 Slick Rock Falls from the other side of Slick Rock Creek. Lots of wildflowers and views here, great spot for a lunch break and turn around point

 a sun dog appeared during our lunch break








penstemon and asters where Slick Rock Creek enters Hurricane Creek
















some of the many wildflowers we saw in bloom along the trail: