23 Sept 2015

Less-travelled roads to hell (part 1)


Memorializing our previous failure of getting stuck on Hat Point Road.




View of the Wallowa Mountains from Joseph, OR



The pastoral Wallowa valley




The road to Hells Canyon



Hat Point Road




Just around this turn, the road passed on a very narrow strip of land with a steep fall on either side.


Imnaha River Valley from the Granny viewpoint.



Hat Point viewpoint shrouded in clouds.


Panorama of the view.


These trees would normally be evergreen, but the area suffered a bad fire in the late 1980s.



Imanha River


Upper Imnaha Road—Part 2, starting with once we left this road, is soon to come.

7 comments:

  1. What incredible places. Totally unknown to me.

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    1. People always think of rain when they think of the Pacific northwest, but I couldn't think of a more diverse area!

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  2. first I've heard of it, Impressive - also glad you didn't get trapped in hell :D

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    1. The first time, at least. We do go back...

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  3. Great travel documentation, what a place!

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  4. Looks breathtaking. Glad you got out alive!

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