Dry Ridge Trail Roaring River Wilderness

10.3 miles of hiking • 2750' elevation gain •

We intended on hiking the Eagle Creek trail in Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, but Harvey Road had a very large tree stump/root ball in the middle of the road! Pissed us off as we traveled a decent distance but had no recourse but to turn around. Perhaps this was the wrong road, but we followed the directions from Oregonhikers.org.

Plan B: We headed out to the Roaring river campground and decided to head up the Dry Ridge Trail towards Grouse Point. The campground was packed, but absolutely NOBODY on the trail! This is a favorite hike of ours and a pretty decent workout for the first 3.5 miles. There's only a couple of views but we enjoyed Grouse Creek (natural air conditioning) and the forest. Plenty of old growth in the first part of the hike along the switchbacks. Unfortunately, we got out late and didn't have time to make this a longer hike.

Spectacular day!