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Rapid CA Class V

Phil's Cascade

American Whitewater 36.8049, -118.7500

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Gauge Conditions

Marble Fork Kaweah River above Horse Creek near Lodgepole CA Upstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

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

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

This obvious cascade below the Grizzly Falls Picnic Area marks the start of the middle section of big drops. Phil Martin ran it in some pointy boat back in the early 1990's but it was not encouraging to the rest of us. With todays boats and boaters it may seem of only moderate class 5 difficulty, but it has plenty of sieves and siphons, so don't get careless. Or maybe it still looks class 5+ even these days.