Looking down onto Grave Creek Falls and the boat ramp from the first high point along the river trail.
A view downstream onto Sanderson Island. The Rogue River Peaked in December 1954 at the level of this photograph.
Sign marking the high-water peak of the Rogue River.
Spanish moss and madrone in a Southern Oregon forest.
Madrone tree on a forested ridge.
A nice view from the river trail looking onto Wildcat Camp with Russian Rapid around the first corner.
Moss covered boulders, a Rogue River mainstay.
A steep overlook from the trail gives a view of the canyon at Windy Creek Chute Rapid.
Close-up of Windy Creek Chute.
Upper and Lower Washboard rapids.
The mouth of Howard Creek as it pours into the main river.
Unobstructed views of the river are few and far between along the Rogue River Trail, so enjoy them when the trees open up.
Kayakers enjoying the Rogue.
The large, open meadow above Horseshoe Bend Rapid.
There are lots of mining relics and camps left behind from the height of the gold rush in the late 1860s.
A coil of wire left behind at Meadow Creek was probably used to move huge boulders to get at the gold underneath.
Old placer mining diversion ditches often lead into beautiful creek bottoms.
This view, from a scramble above Meadow Creek, gives a good perspective on how high the Rogue River can get during winter flood events. The zone scoured of large evergreen trees regularly floods.
A rare open meadow above the appropriately named Meadow Creek.
A diversion ditch used to carry water from Meadow Creek into this pipe, which would slowly pinch down to create greater pressure at the end of the pipe.
Looking down onto Quiz Show Rapid.
Light begins to fade from the canyon at Kelsey Geology Camp.