Wow, the amount of water coming down this waterfall was incredible. I have visited this falls in mid summer, but spring is the time to go see it. With spring run off this falls is pretty fascinating. We were able to visit it in late afternoon and catch the light filtering through the trees with the spray from the falls bouncing up and creating beautiful misty light. The trail to the bottom falls is a short distance on a paved trail with a gentle grade. You can continue on farther up the trail for more views. Nature is a beautiful thing, it's so good to get out and enjoy it.
Echo Basin was our last early spring hike in the Eastern Washington area. We were planning to hike the Frenchman Coulee side that heads toward the waterfall but changed our mind due to the amount of cars parked at the trail head. So down the road just a little ways we went to hike the Echo Basin trail. Even with a early start the sun was way too bright, not hot, just bright. We hiked up the jeep trail that starts on the left hand side of the road as your facing the Columbia River. Didn't seem like a real exciting trail till we reached the sand dunes, which put us closer to the rock walls. Up and over the sand dunes and on up a goat trail to get above the walls. Without really knowing were we were going we just winged it. Lots of faint trails and trails in the sand, hard to know which was the true trail. The rock walls are huge and fascinating, the columns are even more interesting up close. We hiked until we had a view looking down into Echo Basin, and a nice look at th
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