Deschutes River Trail Loop Hike

8.5 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •

This is one our favorite trails, and for this reason we made this long drive to breakthrough the 6000 mile barrier toward our lifetime goal of 25000 miles! It was a cloudy day with some light drizzle throughout the day, and the wind was fairly tame. The Deschutes River was quite high and most of the rocks in the rapids areas were covered. We probably saw about a dozen hikers (and 3 bikers) but they were spaced out quite evenly along the upper road trail. No people were on the lower trail on our return loop.