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Photo Date:
06/09/2005
Sunset over Soldier Creek Rapid.
Photo Date:
08/07/2010
Ponderosa pine reflection at the pull-in to Marble Creek Camp.
Photo Date:
08/01/2000
Sneaking past Ski Jump Rock at low water.
Photo Date:
09/01/2014
Hitting the wave in Marble Creek around 3 feet.
Photo Date:
06/20/2005
Looking onto the Marble Creek and Marble Creek Rapid.
Photo Date:
06/20/2005
Surfing Marble Creek around 4 feet of water.
Photo Date:
06/20/2005
Ski Jump Rapid is one of the narrowest spots on the river, and it is a very powerful rapid at extreme flows.
Photo Date:
06/10/2008
Arrowleaf balsamroot bloom along the river in early June.
Photo Date:
06/10/2008
The turn coming out of the base of Ski Jump Rapid.
Photo Date:
06/10/2008
Arrowleaf balsamroot above the tail waves of Ski Jump Rapid.
Photo Date:
06/10/2008
A mid-June storm leaves a light dusting of snow in the canyon.
Photo Date:
07/01/2000
A beautiful grove of ponderosa pines flanks the river at Stateland Right Camp.
Photo Date:
06/10/2008
Beautiful sunset in the open expanses of the middle canyon.
Photo Date:
07/01/2014
The ponderosa grove at Lower Jackass Camp.
Photo Date:
06/20/2008
The hole in Jackass surfs an unwitting 16-foot raft for a good minute.
Photo Date:
08/07/2010
Ponderosa pine reflection.
Photo Date:
08/07/2010
Crystal clear waters of the Middle Fork somewhere in the middle canyon.
Photo Date:
08/07/2010
Pine Flat Rapid.
Photo Date:
07/01/2014
Red Bluff Wall is a great exposure of the pink Casto pluton granite.
Photo Date:
07/01/2014
Middle canyon relaxation.
Photo Date:
09/01/2014
Fall light along the middle canyon stretch.
Photo Date:
09/01/2014
A view of the river looking upstream below the Jackass section.
Photo Date:
09/01/2014
Winding canyon flanked by flat river terraces in the stretch past Cougar Creek and Mahoney Airstrip.
Photo Date:
09/01/2014
White E. Cox grave marker at the camp of the same name.
Photo Date:
07/01/2003
Looking down onto Shelf Rapid and Shelf Camp.