Doug Firman said:

It is the Elk Lake Creek trail, and the photo was taken just downstream of the Battle Creek shelter area, the area of campsites that I mentioned.  The two creeks are Battle Creek and Elk Lake Creek.  The trail junction is with the Mother Lode Trail in the Battle Creek shelter area.

Here is a photo from Google Earth which might help.

I have never been to this spot on the trail. Which trail do you usually use to reach the area in question? I have hiked up Elk Lake Creek Trail a ways, but not that far. From  our district map, it looks like it is closer to hike down from Elk Lake. Or for the more adventurist type, to bushwack in from the south from the logging roads just out of the wilderness area.

Don,

I hike the Elk Lake Creek trail starting at the Collawash trailhead.  It's about 5 miles from there to Battle Creek shelter and the spot where I took that photo.  Be prepared to get your feet wet, as you will need to ford Elk Lake Creek twice and Battle Creek once to get there.  And of course again if you return by the same route.

Here are some photos of that stretch of trail.

Doug Firman said:

It is the Elk Lake Creek trail, and the photo was taken just downstream of the Battle Creek shelter area, the area of campsites that I mentioned.  The two creeks are Battle Creek and Elk Lake Creek.  The trail junction is with the Mother Lode Trail in the Battle Creek shelter area.

I was there with my daughter last summer and don't remember seeing that log.  That Battle Creek shelter area is HUGE though, so it is possible we missed it.  A very pretty area.  The only part of that trail I haven't been on is the north end, from the north trailhead to the junction with the Welcome Lakes trail.

Hey Doug:

I'm pretty sure this the same crossing, but at different times of the year.  The one from your flicker page on the north side, shows it being pretty high:

The one from my page shows it being much lower, although this is looking at it from the south side:

Rob, you're right, it's the same crossing looking at it from different sides of the stream.  After the spring runoff, it's usually not much more than knee-deep.  But you're still going to get your feet wet!