The Columbia River Gorge: A 80,000 Square Mile Area of Roughness

In the Columbia River Gorge, you know, in the thin ribbon of humanity that's along the river, we maybe have 10 people per square mile. You get outside of the river and a few roads that head into the wilderness and you get to zero people per squaremile. There's an area out here, we call it Broke Lake Barrows,. It's an old 8,000 year old lava flow. Now it's like from Lord of the Rings, Amun Wheel, and sort of like an impassable labyrinth of razor sharp rocks.