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Photo Date:
07/12/2000
A typical mid-summer scene at the boat launch at Boundary Creek.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
06/28/2014
Beginning the trip from Boundary Creek put-in.
Photo Date:
08/11/2001
Looking down on to Doer's Rock Rapid (mile 1.8) at low water.
Photo Date:
06/19/2005
Running Sulphur Slide Rapid at moderate flows (4.5 feet).
Photo Date:
06/19/2005
A covey of commercial rafts float alongside the heavily forested upper canyon.
Photo Date:
08/01/2005
Looking onto First Bend Rapid immediately below the Boundary Creek put-in.
Photo Date:
08/01/2005
A McKenzie River drift boat navigates the low water rock gardens in Sulphur Slide Rapid.
Photo Date:
05/25/2006
High water (7 feet) will begin to flood out many camps. Here a group of private boaters takes a break at Big Bend Camp.
Photo Date:
05/25/2006
Approaching the Chutes Rapid.
Photo Date:
06/18/2006
The crisp waters in June rush by camp.
Photo Date:
06/19/2006
Throwing shoes at Sheepeater Camp.
Photo Date:
08/10/2002
An unnamed creek tumbles into the river at the entrance to Hell's Half Mile.
Photo Date:
06/08/2008
Looking across the first few miles of the Middle Fork as it passes the glaciated mouth of Sulphur Creek.
Photo Date:
06/09/2008
Fire scars become apparent around Powerhouse Rapid.
Photo Date:
06/17/2008
A view across the headwaters of March Creek, the primary tributary that becomes the Middle Fork.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
06/28/2014
The first Class IV rapid, Velvet Falls, comes early on the first day.
Photo Date:
06/18/2008
Taking a hit in Velvet Falls at 5.5 feet.
Photo Date:
06/18/2008
Fire scars and thinning timber mark a change in the landscape above Powerhouse Rapid.
Photo Date:
06/19/2008
Looking at the severly burned face on river right above Sheepeater Camp.
Photo Date:
08/13/2008
Navigating Sulphur Slide at flows below 2 feet.
Photo Date:
08/13/2008
Fireweed was abundant in the fire scars from 2007.
Photo Date:
08/13/2008
The crux at the bottom of Powerhouse Rapid is to avoid slamming this wall. Photo taken when river levels were approximately 2 feet.
Photo Date:
10/08/2012
A kayaker navigates the boulder garden of Sulphur Slide in October.
Photo Date:
10/08/2012
Looking onto Sulphur Slide rapid at low water in October.
Photo Date:
10/08/2012
A kayaker enjoys the low water waves through Hell's Half Mile.
Photo Date:
10/08/2012
Heavy timber flanks the river above the Chutes Rapid.
Photo Date:
10/08/2012
Fires scars in the lead-up to Powerhouse Rapid.
Photo Date:
10/08/2012
Living and dead trees mark one of many fire scar boundaries of the 2007 fires. This view is from the gravelbar at Sheepeater Camp.