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THE FOLLOWING MAPS ARE NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES.
View the slideshow for more sequential photos of this hike.
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Length: 17.0 miles round trip
Elevation Change: 4500' gain
Season: Summer thru early Fall until snowfall
Difficulty: Very Difficult due to length of hike and elevation gained
Permit: NW Forest Pass Required
Features: 
This hike begins at the Wahclella Falls parking lot. Just walk a brief
distance back toward the freeway and you will see the trail on your right taking off up
behind the parking lot. There is a Trailheads sign, but it does not mention
Wauna Point, Dublin Lake, or Tanner Butte, yet this is the trail that
leads to all three.
Follow the trail for about a mile and after crossing under power
lines you will come to a service road which you need to follow south upstream for about
another mile. You will then come to the Tanner Ridge/Butte trailhead. Follow Trail #401
for about 2.2 miles and 1500' in elevation later you will come to a junction with the
Wauna Point Trail #401D.
Bear to your right and continue a more gentle climb up Tanner Ridge.
In a little over 2 miles you will come to the junction of Trail #448, which descends back
down toward Tanner Creek. You could use this trail as a return loop of sorts. Anyway,
continue a bit further on Trail #401 and you will come to the junction for Dublin Lake.
Continue straight ahead past this junction.
As as you continue toward Tanner
Butte, you will eventually come to an abandoned road which the trail follows nearly
the balance of the hike. Finally you will come out into some open areas and begin to
experience some viewpoints, one of which is of Tanner Butte itself. This trail you
are on actually continues all the way down to Eagle Creek, but you will come to a
cutoff trail to the top of Tanner Butte. It is well marked, but the trail isn't.
The views from Tanner Butte on a clear day make this long hike worth it.
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The following images are random samples of the wildflowers found in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
Mouseover image to view flower name, and click on image to jump to flower guide.
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Directions:
From Portland, OR
From Portland, travel east on Interstate Hwy 84 to Exit
Click on the link below to see a map taking you to the trailhead.
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