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
A clean rapid with lots of big waves curves gradually to the right and eventually leads to the Kirch Flat take out on river right. This rapid is underwater when Pine Flat reservoir is at full capacity, but reappears when the reservoir drops below 937 feet approximately.
This is a fun rapid to swim with a river board. Swimmers can launch at the top of Kirch Flat campground, take out at the bottom of the campground, then walk back to the top to do it again. It does take effort to swim from shore out to the deep water, without getting swept over shallows before the the rapid funnels together.
This is a fun rapid to swim with a river board. Swimmers can launch at the top of Kirch Flat campground, take out at the bottom of the campground, then walk back to the top to do it again. It does take effort to swim from shore out to the deep water, without getting swept over shallows before the the rapid funnels together.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (20)
Rapid
Garnet Dike
Rapid
III
Wild Wolf Chute
Hazard
III+
Bear Wallow Rapid;
Rapid
II+
Upper Skunk Pit
Rapid
III
Hermits Rapid
Rapid
Hermit's Put-in
Rapid
III
Bump City
Hazard
II
Big Momma
Rapid
II
Coyote Joe's Rapid
Rapid
II
Pipeline
Rapid
II
Widow Maker Rock
Rapid
III+
Tail Twister Rapid & Raft Ripper Rock
Rapid
III
Mule Tail & Mule Rock
Rapid
II+
Racoon Gulch
Rapid
Bay Horse Flats
Rapid
II
Rattlesnake Rapid
Rapid
III+
Fangtooth
Rapid
II+
Badger Bend
Rapid
I
Rock Weir
Rapid
Mill Flat Creek
View Full Run
2. Garnet Dike Campground to Kirch Flat Campground
Kings
III
9.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater