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Rapid CA Class IV+

Final Gorge #3

American Whitewater 41.1868, -123.2147

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Gauge Conditions

Salmon River a Somes Bar CA Downstream Primary

Runnable: 2,000.0 – 4,500.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

If this had a name, maybe it would be Final Falls. It is the last rapid of this run before the take-out at Matthews Creek. The prominent feature of the rapid is the ledge drop at its entry, which forms a stout hole at certain flows. There are a couple variations on a sneak entry on the right to avoid this hole or you can run it and try to skip over. The rapid continues below this ledge before one final plunge into a deep rock-walled pool at the bottom.