Park Once, Then E-Bike the Old Highway to Multnomah Falls
A self-guided e-bike rental on the Historic Columbia River Highway, stopping at Multnomah Falls and the waterfalls on either side.
This is an e-bike rental with a route attached. The operator meets you at the top of a gravel driveway off NE Frontage Road, fits a bike to your height and sends you down the Historic Columbia River Highway with a scrollable digital guide on a phone mount. Nobody rides along: the route lives on your phone, and the operator says these tours are not guided by a person. Each waterfall is a stop where you lock the bikes and walk in as far as you like. The rental runs three and a half hours. How you split it between pedaling and hiking is up to you.
This booking is the half-day option, a three-and-a-half-hour self-guided rental for riders 16 and older, which the listing says is Oregon state law with no exceptions. One booking covers up to fifteen riders, and the start times on sale are 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM. The listing offers the written guide in English or Spanish. As of October 20, 2026, the booking calendar for this listing runs through November 2, and later dates are not open yet.
Multnomah Falls Ebiking Tour to 6 Columbia River Gorge WaterfallsA self-guided, three-and-a-half-hour e-bike rental on the Historic Columbia River Highway, with helmet, lock and a phone route guide. Riders 16 and up.www.viator.comLeft Out of the Driveway, Then West Past the Falls
The operator's ride guide sets the order. Turn left out of the driveway and ride about three miles, roughly ten minutes, to Horsetail Falls. Multnomah Falls is 2.5 miles farther west, with a bike rack on the northwest side of the parking lot across from Multnomah Falls Lodge. Wahkeena Falls comes half a mile later, then it is 3.2 miles to Bridal Veil, a mile to Shepperd's Dell and 1.2 miles to Latourell Falls. The ride home is the longest single stretch: the guide puts it at 12 miles east, about 40 minutes at full speed and an hour with stops. Vista House at Crown Point sits two uphill miles past Latourell, and the guide only suggests it with at least four bars of battery left.
Three and a Half Hours Go Fast Once You Hike
Most of the clock goes to walking. The ride guide times the Benson Footbridge at Multnomah Falls at 20 minutes there and back and the bridge at the base of Wahkeena Falls at 30. Upper Horsetail is a half-mile climb, about ten minutes, to a cave you can step into behind the water. The same guide says the trail to the top of Multnomah Falls takes a fit hiker 90 minutes and most people more than two hours, which is most of this rental. Riders writing in 2025 and 2026 said the half day felt tight once they started hiking. The guide allows a 30-minute grace period on the return, then charges fifty cents a minute, and says there is usually time available to upgrade to a full day on site.
Cars, Bike Racks and the Gravel Drive
The waterfall corridor is ridden on the road. The operator describes it as an official Oregon state bike route shared with cars, posted with Share the Road signs, and riders' accounts split: some called the drivers courteous, others found the narrow two-lane stretches stressful. At Bridal Veil the guide asks you to walk the bikes to the rack by the restroom building, and it warns that State Parks may ticket e-bikes on the paved overlook path. The steepest moment can be the last one: the bikes start and finish up a gravel drive, and a rider in September 2026 wrote that they and a friend took a tumble coming back up it. The operator replied to a May 2026 complaint that it had just finished a new access path for bikes, and its guide sends you up the gravel path on the left, which it calls less steep than the driveway.
Getting There Takes Your Own Car
The bikes wait about three miles east of Horsetail Falls, and the operator says its meeting places cannot be reached by public transit. Most customers drive, and parking at the meeting spot is free, including for RVs and trailers. A ride-share can drop you off, but the operator warns it may not come back for you and suggests calling Radio Cab, and a rider in 2025 wrote about feeling stranded there with no driver willing to pick up. Heading east afterward, plan for a detour: ODOT's October 16, 2026 notice says the NE Frontage Road on-ramp to eastbound I-84 near Elowah Falls is closed through construction, sending traffic to the Ainsworth State Park ramps at exit 35. Arriving by bike, the operator says, needs no Multnomah Falls permit. The summer timed-use permit applies to the I-84 Exit 31 parking lot, and ODOT says the 2026 season of it has ended.
📍 The bikes are at 63006 NE Frontage Road, Cascade Locks: turn up the dirt driveway at the 63006 sign. Arrive about 20 minutes before your start time with the online waiver signed and the digital guide open on your phone, and no more than 30 minutes early. Bring a water bottle, a snack, sunglasses, athletic shoes and layers for the cool air around the falls. The fleet fits riders from 4 feet 10 inches to 6 feet 8 inches and up to 300 pounds. The listing marks the trip suitable for all fitness levels, and the operator adds that riders should be comfortable on a slow scenic road and able to walk a couple of miles across the stops. Cancel at least 24 hours ahead for a full refund on this booking. When rain looks likely, the operator says it calls a day or two before to reschedule, and it only calls a ride off for more than half an inch of rain in the forecast. Then it is left out of the driveway, and the first waterfall is ten minutes down the road.