City of Cascade Locks

Hood River County
Request: $400,000

A landslide occurred near Ruckel Falls that is blocking the Historic Highway State Trail, and no agency has the funding to address.

During the December rain event, the hillside above the Historic Highway State Trail slid and covered the Trail in ~12 feet of material (mud, rocks, trees) over 100 yards wide. The slide was likely exacerbated by the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire, as many of the trees that burned during that event are now starting to fall and bring down rocks and other debris.

The landslide is currently blocking the Historic Highway State Trail between the Eagle Creek Trailhead and Cascade Locks.

It’s near Ruckel Creek, and around 100 yds of the trail is covered roughly 12 feet deep at the peak.

The Historic Highway State Trail is jointly managed by ODOT and OPRD through a maintenance agreement, but this is beyond what OPRD can do on their own. ODOT can only conduct maintenance on ODOT ROW, given they’re using State Highway Trust Fund dollars.