Rouge River Trail question?

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Rubicon03
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Rouge River Trail question?

Post by Rubicon03 » March 20th, 2023, 12:25 pm

Hello,
My wife and I are planning a 4ish day backpack from Graves Creek to Foster Bar. My question is, is there a place to park our car at Foster Bar then hitch a ride or pay for a shuttle to Graves Creek? Any info would be greatly appreciated. I don't really want to hand my keys over to someone.
Thank you,
Scott

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retired jerry
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Re: Rouge River Trail question?

Post by retired jerry » March 20th, 2023, 1:40 pm

In the field guide:

There are several shuttle services for hikers and rafters/kayakers:

White Water Cowboys
Morrisons Rogue Wilderness Adventures
BLT's Rogue River Shuttles

https://www.whitewatercowboys.com/rogue-river-shuttles
https://wildrogue.com/rogue-river-shutt ... Q)%20creek.
https://bltshuttles.weebly.com/

I suspect they're not available now - too early

Out and back from Graves Creek is nice - things are different the opposite direction and a different day

I believe the road is closed from Galice to Graves Creek Trailhead, but I went to Graves Creek Trailhead from Wolf Creek a couple months ago.

There is a place to park car at Foster Bar

https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guid ... River_Hike

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Re: Rouge River Trail question?

Post by drm » March 20th, 2023, 3:50 pm

It's nice to do it all the way through at some point - there is some great scenery on the western end, though the last few miles is a road walk. I did that the fist time, and then an out and back since then.

The shuttles are a good deal once the coast range melts out and the river runners get started, but you do have to give them your keys. They park the car in a locked lot and only drive them out west on the day you say you plan to arrive. That's at least a month away I think.

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