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Waterfall CA Class V+

Tunnel Chute Left Channel

American, Middle Fork - Oxbow Bend / Ralston Afterbay to Drivers Flat Road (CA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

MF AMERICAN River Above Middle Fork PH Near FORESTHILL CA Upstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

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

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

CDEC Flow Data California

AMERICAN RIVER OXB Primary

Elevation: 1,070 ft

AMERICAN RIVER LON

Elevation: 6,410 ft

AMERICAN RIVER BIL Dam Release

Elevation: 6,400 ft

Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)

Photo

Tunnel Chute Left Channel

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Rather gnarly Class IV - V. Most opt for the right side and ride the chute.

Location

Other Rapids on This Run (20)

Panic Alley

Carl's Crash

Santa's Mustache

Santa's Mustache

Last Chance

Tunnel Chute Entrance from Upstream

Tunnel Chute Entrance from Upstream

Tunnel Chute

Entrance to the Tunnel from Right Bank

Entrance to the Tunnel from Right Bank

Sun Shafts

Soul Train

Volcano Creek

Orange Wall

Kanaka

Nine miles of Class I and II

Cash Rock

Jump Rock

Big Snyder Gulch

Big Snyder Gulch

River Access

Chunder (a.k.a Upper Ruck-A-Chucky or Duck Soup)

Chunder (a.k.a Upper Ruck-A-Chucky or Duck Soup)

Ruck-A-Chucky Falls

Ruck-A-Chucky Falls

Ruck-A-Chucky Falls

Ruck-A-Chucky Falls

Type

Waterfall

Difficulty

Class V+

Mile Marker

2.1 mi

Directions

Oxbow Bend / Ralston Afterbay to Drivers Flat Road

American, Middle Fork

II-IV(V+) 15.2 mi

Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.

Current Conditions

5-Day Forecast

Whitewater data from
American Whitewater