The Wagon Chute at Laurel Hill

Sun, 15 May 2005 23:59:59 -800

Today's trek takes us east of the city on OR26 to a place called
Laurel Hill.
It's about 51 miles away from downtown, east of the curves overlooking an
enormous ice-carved canyon, and along the old Mt. Hood Loop highway.
In the 1800s, wagon trains used to come through here, only to discover
a steep drop awaiting them; more about this later. Lara, Ana and David
went along with me on today's misadventure.