I planned to walk to Coyote Wall view point, but didn't get this far: tuned south too early. The east part of this route went steady up, gentle, along old route 20. Mostly in the woods. Probably better to go over the meadow on unnamed trails. 
Once we are high up, it's a ramble. View is the typical gorge splendor: view of Columbia River and Mount Hood. Delicate grasswidow everywhere, but they are too small to form purple patches. 
Moss here has many shades of green. Many grass is still winter brown. Oak trees are bare. Quite a lot of desert parsley and its purple endemic cousin Lomatium Columbianum. We saw our first balsamroot in bloom this year. We passed two waterfalls, checked out the basalt columns near the Labyrinth, and finally came down among loosely set vision pits. 
Total 4 women, 1 car. 8 miles. ~4 hours. Sunny, 59F in February. Most of these photos are from Stephanie and Julie.
