Panic Alley
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Gauge Conditions
Runnable: ? – ? CFS
Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
CDEC Flow Data California
Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)
Photo
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
Put-in on the Middle Fork is just below the Oxbow Powerhouse penstock. This results in a cold wake-up call as the abruptness of this irregular rapid with swirly mid-40s August water slaps you in the face.
Location
Interactive river map
Loads as you approach this section.
Other Rapids on This Run (20)
Rapid
III
Carl's Crash
Rapid
N/A
Santa's Mustache
Rapid
III
Last Chance
Rapid
N/A
Tunnel Chute Entrance from Upstream
Waterfall
V+
Tunnel Chute Left Channel
Hazard
IV+
Tunnel Chute
Rapid
N/A
Entrance to the Tunnel from Right Bank
Rapid
N/A
Sun Shafts
Rapid
III
Soul Train
Rapid
N/A
Volcano Creek
Rapid
N/A
Orange Wall
Rapid
IV
Kanaka
Rapid
II
Nine miles of Class I and II
Rapid
Cash Rock
Rapid
Jump Rock
Rapid
N/A
Big Snyder Gulch
Rapid
N/A
River Access
Portage
IV
Chunder (a.k.a Upper Ruck-A-Chucky or Duck Soup)
Waterfall
V+
Ruck-A-Chucky Falls
Waterfall
Ruck-A-Chucky Falls
View Full Run
Oxbow Bend / Ralston Afterbay to Drivers Flat Road
American, Middle Fork
II-IV(V+)
15.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater