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Overview
As far as effort versus reward goes, Wind Mountain may be as fine a summit as any in the Columbia River Gorge . The peak's cylindrical shape makes it an unmistakeable landmark from from points all along the Gorge between Hood River and Cascade Locks. Like Shellrock Mountain across the river, it is a microdioritic intrusion into the Columbia River Basalts. In fact, the two may be part of the same structure carved in two by the Columbia River. A geologic monitoring station, which calibrated rock slides on Wind Mountain above Washington's Highway 14, used to stand on the upper slopes of Shellrock Mountain .
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