Punchbowl Take-Out

Eddy right below the high bridge rapid, then find the second right eddy where the takeout trail leaves the water.  This take out is above Punchbowl Falls. The 'goat path' climbs up and left, ascending the bluff above the falls. Parking is available along Punchbowl Road. American Whitewater worked to secure public access to this site when the private land at the confluence of the West and East Fork of the Hood River was for sale. Western Rivers Conservancy was able to acquire the parcel and Thrive Hood River lead an effort to establish it as a Punchbowl Falls County Park.