East of Vancouver is Camas and Round Lake Park. This surprisingly scenic park features a raging creek with waterfalls, and thick forest dripping with moss. This is a great place for a hike in the winter. We got about two feet of snow Christmas week last year and since we couldn't go to work we went for a hike.
By Christmas day we had two feet of snow on the ground so we went out back and built our first snowman in years.
Portland 2008      
Hiking Camas in the snow nort of Portland Oregon