Welcome to the Eagle Creek area of the Wallowa Mountains

The mountain kingdom of Eagle Creek lies on the opposite side of the mighty Wallowa range, far from the tourist meccas of Wallowa Lake State Park, and the bustle and art of such towns as Joseph and Enterprise. The full height of the range is not so apparent from this side of the massif, but the depth of the wilderness experience is profound.

Everywhere there was the sound of water. I was especially struck by the clarity and purity of the abundant waters, and found the expanses of brillant, coarse granite gravels along main Eagle Creek to be reminescent of tropical white sand beaches.

The droppings of Rocky Mountain Elk were abundant in the fields of paintbrush and false hellebore near Two Color Guard Station.

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