8.5 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain •
I think our actual mileage was a little longer than this, but I'm going to go with what portlandhikers has listed. I haven't spent a lot of time on the Washington side of the Gorge, but this trail is definitely one I want to go back and explore more. There are lots of options for hiking from the Catherine Creek trailhead and we had a great day of no rain to do this hike!
It's a pretty steady incline for the first two or three miles, then you reach the ridge and it's pretty level, meandering along until you get to the "labyrinth" where the trail descends rather quickly through a bunch of rock formations and oak trees. Be very careful, there is a lot of poison oak!
We ended up at the end of the trail on the road about a mile or so from the trailhead and walked back. I'm looking forward to going back sometime to explore more of the area around there.
