Our first time in the gorge this past weekend. We drove past this after visiting hood river and I was wondering about it - glad we didn't do it. We did the Wahkeena loop since we were staying near there and that was a great hike with some great waterfalls and views.
@@rebeccabender2753 McNeil Point is where I'd take someone visiting for the first time. It's a few miles longer than Dog Mountain but you'll get up-close views of Mt Hood, and if you make it up past the shelter onto the ridge you can look down onto the Glisan and Sandy glaciers. For something shorter check out Silver Star, great views from the top on a clear day.
@@VoiceOverTrailReviews no disrespect. Only joking I thought your dry sense of humor would appreciate it. Maybe not, anyway I just happened to love Mountain biking and flowers and your videos. So I ment no harm. Thanks for your re-engagment☮
Trekking poles? Bah, it’s great for trail running. Hopefully this video helps keep some of the unprepared Portland traffic away. Watching people hike this is like stepping into Walmart; guaranteed comedy, worry, and confusion.
I totally agree with you about trail running on it. For more intense sports, it’s a good destination, but for a casual hiker it’s kind of stupid and anticlimactic.
@@VoiceOverTrailReviews I would disagree but my wife completely agrees… she hates doing it. “We look at this every day, why hike to see it.” There are much better hikes for similar if not better payoffs.
It's actually pretty cool in the winter. No people and some really wild rime ice formations on the wind exposed slopes.
Good advice. I'll try it in Winter one of these years!
Our first time in the gorge this past weekend. We drove past this after visiting hood river and I was wondering about it - glad we didn't do it. We did the Wahkeena loop since we were staying near there and that was a great hike with some great waterfalls and views.
You made the right decision. Wahkeena is a much more pleasant and rewarding hike.
We just hiked this today and I can confirm everything he said in the video is accurate.
I hope you didn’t get any poison oak!
Sums that up nicely indeed. Did this once 8 years ago in September. Probably won't do it again as there are so many other better hikes nearby.
It’s just so bizarre to me that it’s so popular….🙄
Could you recommend a better place to hike in the area? I'm coming from Toronto Canada to Portland in early August.
@@rebeccabender2753 McNeil Point is where I'd take someone visiting for the first time. It's a few miles longer than Dog Mountain but you'll get up-close views of Mt Hood, and if you make it up past the shelter onto the ridge you can look down onto the Glisan and Sandy glaciers. For something shorter check out Silver Star, great views from the top on a clear day.
Flowers come in a close 2nd to mountain biking. So what's your problem.
Thanks for the engagement! 😀
@@VoiceOverTrailReviews no disrespect. Only joking I thought your dry sense of humor would appreciate it. Maybe not, anyway I just happened to love Mountain biking and flowers and your videos. So I ment no harm. Thanks for your re-engagment☮
@@richardp6461 I try not to get too offended by comments for this very reason. It’s hard to convey inflection in writing. 🙂
@@VoiceOverTrailReviews yes, I have to remember that. Sarcasm usually doesn't work in the comment section.☮
can you do spirit falls? love that short very steep hike. also close to dog mountain.
Good suggestion. I kind of forgot about that one…
@@VoiceOverTrailReviewsjust found out the trail has been closed for a week now. just letting you know just in case you go there.
@@maxino135 Thanks for the info!
Trekking poles? Bah, it’s great for trail running.
Hopefully this video helps keep some of the unprepared Portland traffic away. Watching people hike this is like stepping into Walmart; guaranteed comedy, worry, and confusion.
I totally agree with you about trail running on it. For more intense sports, it’s a good destination, but for a casual hiker it’s kind of stupid and anticlimactic.
@@VoiceOverTrailReviews I would disagree but my wife completely agrees… she hates doing it. “We look at this every day, why hike to see it.”
There are much better hikes for similar if not better payoffs.
I would call it overhyped more than overrated. Just up there today, it was nice.
Voice Over...your negative attitude obviously must result from something in your personal life. Not getting enough?
Thanks for the engagement!