The Verge in a Temperate Rainforest.

driving in the forest to the trailhead for shadow waterfalls. travel oregon in the umpqua national forest, hiking trails on the wild and scenic umpqua river in the umpqua national forest in the cascade mountains of oregon. hiking trails, fishing, salmon, steelhead, waterfalls, swimming, camping, picnicking on the river and at toketee and lemolo lakes, hiking the umpqua river trail from swiftwater falls to maidu lake at the source. drive on one the many wild and scenic byways in oregon, the rogue umpqua scenic byway to crater lake national park in oregon along the one of the many wild and scenic rivers in oregon, the wild and scenic umpqua river.

A brief stop roadside, hoping to bring the
verge of the temperate rainforest alive in a photograph.

A few qualifications about driving out and about to hiking trails and waterfalls such as this drive to the trailhead at Shadow
Waterfalls. Landslides are a very real possibility. Those brief nine miles I traveled on the gravel road gave evidence of several
landslides, not just one or two, where the entire side of the mountain had plunged downhill, uprooting trees and anything else that had
been living there. Indeed, in one place I found large wood chips scattered across the road. I was driving along side a cleared space,
logs cut into manageable pieces and slash piles, the hillside a scar of mud, evidence of a recently cleared landslide.

The view looking down the mountain in places where landslides have occurred is quite amazing. Both sides of the
slide are dense in trees and undergrowth, but that one place is devoid of anything but evidence of earth
plummeting downhill with amazing, tremendous force.

Protect our National Forest and Wilderness Areas. Leave NO Trace!

Waterfalls and Hiking, Mountain Biking and Horseback Riding Trails in the rivers of the Umpqua Watershed.

 

Forward ~ Stopping riverside to photograph Little River on
my way to the hiking trail for Wolf Creek Waterfalls.

Back ~ Shadow Falls in the Umpqua National Forest
in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.

USFS: Umpqua National Forest. BLM: Roseburg
District of the Bureau of Land Management.

North Umpqua Waterfall Tour: Travel Directions, Map,
Scenery; can include Crater Lake National Park: Introduction. The Diverse
Loop Tour: Travel Directions, Map and Scenery ~ includes Crater Lake. Both
tours include sightseeing, hiking & mountain biking trails, waterfalls,
wild and scenic rivers, mountains and more.

Combine the Diverse Loop Tour and the Umpqua Waterfall Tour.

 fall creek waterfalls in the wild and scenic north umpqua river watershed. the wild and scenic umpqua river in the umpqua national forest in the cascade mountains of oregon. hiking trails, fishing, salmon, steelhead, waterfalls, swimming, camping, picnicking on the river and at toketee and lemolo lakes, hiking the umpqua river trail from swiftwater falls to maidu lake at the source. drive a beautiful route to crater lake national park along the umpqua river.  

Travel Oregon and northern California while staying at Gathering Light ... a retreat
located in southern Oregon near Crater Lake National Park.

 

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Travel to Gathering Light on the Umpqua Scenic Byway:
Travel Directions, Map and Scenery: hiking trails, waterfalls,
wild and scenic rivers, mountains, sightseeing and more.

Directions to and Day Trips of about 100 miles from the retreat.

Little known Scenic Places to explore and photograph nature
untrammeled: hiking with or without trails, wetlands, national wildlife refuges, mountains, wilderness areas and more, all near to Crater Lake and
the retreat: Directions Map and Scenery.

 The stargazer tree house at gathering light ... a retreat located in southern oregon near crater lake national park. travel to gathering light ... a retreat along the wild and scenic umpqua river in the cascade mountains of oregon - the wild and scenic umpqua river in the umpqua national forest in the cascade mountains of oregon. hiking trails, fishing, salmon, steelhead, waterfalls, swimming, camping, picnicking on the river and at toketee and lemolo lakes, hiking the umpqua river trail from swiftwater falls to maidu lake at the source. drive a beautiful route to crater lake national park along the umpqua river.  

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