Wildflowers aren’t the only seasonal visitors that start popping up in abundance all over the Columbia River Gorge at this time of year. The others are tourists — lots and lots of tourists.

The gorge makes a wonderful classroom. In the spring, people come from all over the world to see the more than 800 wildflower species, including a handful found nowhere else.

Wildflowers aren’t the only seasonal visitors that start popping up in abundance all over the Columbia River Gorge at this time of year. The others are tourists — lots and lots of tourists.

Blooms of wildflowers that arrive with spring provide a great reason to get outdoors, and few places in the Pacific Northwest offer a better showcase than the eastern side of the Columbia River Gorge.

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act into law, bringing under federal protection large segments of an 83-mile stretch, roughly between ...

There’s no place like the Gorge. People travel from all around the country to take in this natural wonder of the ...

Trails in the eastern end of the Columbia Gorge are at their best in the spring when the balsamroot, lupine and desert parsley put on their annual show. Menu Newsletters.

Wildflowers aren’t the only seasonal visitors that start popping up in abundance all over the Columbia River Gorge at this time of year. The others are tourists — lots and lots of tourists ...

It almost looks like a painting — panoramic views of the Columbia River Gorge paired with stunning wildflowers in bold shades of yellow, purple and red.

Skamania Lodge in the Columbia Gorge offers a package that includes guided hikes to see wildflowers and waterfalls on the Washington side of the Gorge from now through June. Available for guests ...

The Columbia River Gorge Commission was nowhere to be found in the funding proposal for the state’s 2025-2027 biennium, ... and holds more than 800 species of wildflowers, ...

MOSIER, Ore. (AP) - They are nature’s fireworks display, but instead of exploding in the air, they come up through the ground. Blooms of wildflowers that arrive with spring provide a great ...