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rozoneill: The Tioga Segment disappears into the fire wreckage
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rozoneill: The story of the first 30 miles or so of the North Umpqua Trail
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rozoneill: Fire had swept through the trailhead meadow of the Mott Segment
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rozoneill: Some maple trees survived the fire down close to the river
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rozoneill: The river is surrounded by 30 miles of dead trees
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rozoneill: Fire-scarred terrain across the river
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rozoneill: The North Umpqua River flows by its namesake highway
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rozoneill: Before last summer, the forests here had been so lush and green
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rozoneill: The Panther Segment is closed to hiking
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rozoneill: STOP! (The trail is closed because of the fire damage)
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rozoneill: Forest on the Mott, untouched by fire
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rozoneill: About 1.5 miles (not damaged by fire) of the Mott Segment is open for hiking
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rozoneill: The east end of the Panther is closed because of the fire wreckage
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rozoneill: The Panther Segment, closed to business or pleasure
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rozoneill: The Panther Segment heads into the burn area
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rozoneill: The Calf Segment is the first segment open to hiking as you go upstream
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rozoneill: Although open, the Calf Segment was also visited by the Archie Creek Fire
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rozoneill: A mostly fireproof bridge crossing at Panther Creek
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rozoneill: Panther Creek flows underneath the footbridge
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rozoneill: Panther Creek curves up against a rocky bank
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rozoneill: Panther Creek, full of winter runoff
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rozoneill: Where creek meets river
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rozoneill: Twin trees that had hot feet last summer
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rozoneill: Nice to see some live trees in the burn area
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rozoneill: The amazing blue/turquoise color of the North Umpqua
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rozoneill: The North Umpqua River, from a highway turnout
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rozoneill: A clump of mossy trees adorn a mossy knoll
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rozoneill: Amazing, a tree still smolders six moths after the fire
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rozoneill: The trailhead sign had been sorely abused by the forest fire
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rozoneill: A veritable graveyard of trees