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Rapid CA Class III

Upper Indian Crossing

Salmon, South Fork - 4. Methodist Creek to Forks of Salmon · CA

American Whitewater 41.2545, -123.3086

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Gauge Conditions

Salmon River a Somes Bar CA Downstream Primary
Runnable: 2,500.0 – 6,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

Upper Indian Crossing is a long rapid that goes around a left-hand bend in the river. It starts as a broad current passing over a bouldery river bed but as it swings around the bend, the river is pinched by bedrock and boulders on the right, focusing the flow to the left where it passes thorugh a pinch with either a wave or a decent-sized hole depending on water level. There's another hole/wave below then the river enters a pool separating this rapid from Lower Indian Crossing.

Location

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Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
5.2 mi
Directions
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4. Methodist Creek to Forks of Salmon
Salmon, South Fork
III 6.7 mi

Current Conditions

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Whitewater data from
American Whitewater