Welcome to this whitewater boating web-guide. River descriptions include recommended flows for different crafts, and links to real-time flow data. Parenthesized minimums are for small (<12') rafts. Most creeks are not boatable all year, so check flows before embarking.

© 1997-2008 Bill Tuthill et al.
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California Creeks

River Descriptions

• Recommended Runs 82 runs in order of difficulty
• Relief Map 82 runs mapped from north to south
• Season by Season suggestions by time of year
• Alphabetic List of links to 160 runs from A to Y
• Alphabetic Table details of 160 runs from A to Y
• Quick Picks American Middle Fork American North Fork (4) American North Fork (2) American South Fork Bear River (Colfax) Arroyo Seco Cache Creek Carson East Fork Cosumnes Middle Fork Eel Pillsbury Eel South Fork Kern, Forks of Kings (Banzai) Mark West Merced (Red Bud) Middle Fork Salmon Mokelumne (Electra) Rancheria to Navarro Rogue River Russian (Healdsburg) San Lorenzo Tuolumne (Clavey) Trinity (Hell Hole) Truckee

Additional New Stuff

• Revised writeup of Redwood Creek near Arcata
• New pictures of Lower Stony Creek near Willows
• More photos of the Middle Fork Salmon in Idaho
• Modified writeup of the North Fork American
• Photos of the New River near Burnt Ranch Gorge

Interesting Writeups

• Carnage Gallery 1: the out of boat experience
• Carnage Gallery 2: big boats are more photogenic
• Carnage Gallery 3: includes class I-V rating scale

Flow and Snow Information

• Snowpack Map for river basins in the western US
• Dreamflows link to table of western river flows
• Raftsiberia link to river flows and weather maps
• Northern California ski conditions and webcams

Comparison Tables

• Rafting Companies links to outfitter websites
• Boat Dealers a list of equipment providers
• Kayaks and Rafts links to kayak, raft, IK charts
• Weatherproof Cameras camera comparison table