The eagle creek trail, one of the most frequently hiked trails in the Columbia River Gorge, climbs fourteen miles into the Cascade Mountains. The trail's most striking feature is the number of waterfalls along its length. The first of these several waterfalls is visible from a viewpoint only a mile and a half from the trailhead. At two and a half miles, hikers arrive at Punch Bowl Falls. Here the water continues to carve a deep pool, which gives the falls its name.
Many hikers rest here briefly.
Beyond Punch Bowl Falls rise High Bridge. This steel span crosses a narrow gorge. The creek bed is at least fifty feet below the bridge level. The waters at this point flow through a channel only five or six feet wide. Persistent hikers eventually reach Tunnel Falls .