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Waterfall CA Class V

Franklin Falls

American Whitewater 39.8064, -121.0500

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Gauge Conditions

Spanish C a Quincy CA Upstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

CDEC Flow Data California

FEATHER RIVER SPK Primary

Elevation: 3,130 ft

FEATHER RIVER FBD

Elevation: 3,166 ft

Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Franklin Falls is a 10 foot waterfall with a shallow rock cluster just down stream and a mean looking hole. There is an eddy river left some distance upstream that should be caught to scout this drop, class IV water continues to the lip and a small eddy right just above can be caught but is not a good scouting or portage option. The drop can be portaged left with a seal launch of a high bed rock shelf.