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Upper Rogue River Trail (#1034) Summary 28-May-2017

2017-05-282022-01-30Posted in Hiking, Southern Oregon, U.S. RiversTagged Beckie's Cafe Oregon, Big Bend (Upper Rogue River), Boundary Springs, Crater Lake National Park, Crater Rim Viewpoint, Day Hiking, Foster Creek Oregon, Hiking, Lost Creek Lake Oregon, River Bridge Campground, Takelma Gorge, Upper Rogue River

Sadly, as of May 2019, the trail from Crater Rim Viewpoint to Natural Bridge Viewpoint has yet to see any maintenance and remains difficult to find and follow due to fading tread, missing bridges, fallen trees, and encroaching brush. The section from Natural Bridge to River Bridge, which passes the popular Takelma Gorge, still provides relatively clear and easy hiking.

The Upper Rogue River Trail (USFS #1034) is a National Recreation Trail that roughly parallels the Main (or North) Fork of the Rogue River for about 47 miles from near its headwaters at Boundary Springs to the North Fork Dam Recreation Area outside of Prospect, Oregon. This trail can be thru-hiked but is more often hiked in sections, each of which is readily accessible from Highways 62 or 230. We hiked our first section of the #1034, the northern-most, in 2012 and sometime after that finishing the whole thing became a bit of an obsession. We should have seen this coming since I’m sufficiently compulsive to finish almost every project I start. This behavior has proved to be both a strength and a weakness, depending on how you look at it – but it does make for a lot of hiking, which is a universal good. So, here is a summary – in section order from north to south – of our five-year, ~49+ mile mission to hike where many have hiked before…

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Upper Rogue River Trail (River Bridge to North Fork Dam) 27-Sep-2016

2016-09-282022-01-29Posted in Hiking, Hiking (Bike Assist)Tagged Beckie's Cafe Oregon, Crater Lake National Park, Day Hiking, Hiking, No-See-Em Camp, North Fork Dam Recreation Area, Oregon, Prospect Oregon, River Bridge Campground, Rogue River, Southern Oregon, Union Creek, Upper Rogue River

The Upper Rogue River Trail (USFS #1034) is a National Recreation Trail that closely follows the Rogue River for about 47 miles from its headwaters at Boundary Springs in the northwest corner of Crater Lake National Park to the North Fork Dam Recreation Area outside Prospect, Oregon. The trail can be day hiked in sections between readily accessible trailheads. Today we finished the last section – from River Bridge Campground to the North Fork Dam Recreation Area – of our effort to hike the entire length of the #1034, section by section. As with a previous section, we again went from south to north to accommodate a hike & bike approach.

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Upper Rogue River Trail (Natural Bridge to River Bridge) 24-Jun-2016

2016-06-252022-01-29Posted in Hiking, Southern Oregon, U.S. RiversTagged Crater Lake National Park, Day Hiking, Hiking, Natural Bridge Campground, Oregon, River Bridge Campground, Rogue River Trail, Takelma Gorge, Upper Rogue River, Woodruff Bridge Picnic Area

The Upper Rogue River Trail (USFS #1034) is a National Recreation Trail that closely follows the Rogue River for about 47 miles from its headwaters at Boundary Springs in the northwest corner of Crater Lake National Park to to the North Fork Dam Recreation Area outside Prospect, Oregon. The trail can be day hiked in sections between readily accessible trailheads. Today we did the ~8 mile section from Natural Bridge Campground, past Woodruff Bridge and the Takelma Gorge, to River Bridge Campground. Unlike other sections of this trail, the trail here was great – and the Takelma Gorge (which we hadn’t visited before) was an amazing sight!

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