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Outdoor Project
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Clackamas + Memaloose Falls - 360 VR
Tyson Gillard
View of the trailhead.
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Smooth and simple hiking early in the adventure.
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Descending into the canyon using ropes (you don't have to bring you own).
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Descending into the canyon using ropes (you don't have to bring you own).
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A log-jammed river along the route.
Shane Kucera
A log-jammed river along the route.
Shane Kucera
Water flowing along the rocky riverbed.
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Licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza).
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Contributor Shane Kucera entering one of many tunnels along the route.
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Stair-step moss (Hylocomium splendens).
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Lush wilderness all along the hike.
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Ruins from waterworks efforts of the past.
Shane Kucera
Swirling water following the hiking path just above Memaloose Falls.
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Lush wilderness all along the hike.
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An old log bridge to cross the river (yes, you can cross here).
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The river below the log bridge.
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Waterworks tunnels just above Lower South Fork Clackamas Falls.
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Lower South Fork Clackamas Falls.
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Lower South Fork Clackamas Falls.
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There is an alternate route into that cave. South Fork Clackamas Falls in the distance.
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South Fork Clackamas Falls.
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Exploring the tunnels.
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South Fork Clackamas Falls.
Shane Kucera
South Fork Clackamas Falls.
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Exploring the tunnels.
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Exploring the tunnels.
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South Fork Clackamas Falls.
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Memaloose Falls.
Shane Kucera
Memaloose Falls.
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Memaloose Creek below Memaloose Falls.
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Oregon beaked moss (Kindbergia oregana).
Shane Kucera
Alder (Alnus).
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