Rapid CA Class III

Wild Wolf Chute

Kings - 2. Garnet Dike Campground to Kirch Flat Campground (CA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

NF Stevenson Creek a Perimeter Road near Big C CA Downstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

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

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

CDEC Flow Data California

KINGS RIVER DKS Primary

Elevation: 1,320 ft

KINGS RIVER KRT Primary

Elevation: 942 ft

KINGS RIVER KBC

Elevation: 3,779 ft

Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

A long island divides the river. The standard route is the left channel past big laterals coming off the left bank. Conservative boaters stay middle.
A large round boulder rests in the pool where the two channels merge. At flows above 5,000 cfs this boulder forms a big sticky, raft flipping hole, "Train Wreck", that catches the unwary. Swimmers here will tend to flush on through Bear Wallow. The commercial rafters tend to run a right side chute at high flows to avoid any possible "Train Wrecks".