Welcome to this whitewater boating web-guide. River descriptions include recommended flows for different crafts and links to real-time flow data. Most creeks are not boatable all year, so check flows before embarking.

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California Creeks

River Descriptions

• Recommended Runs 82 runs in order of difficulty
• Relief Map 82 runs mapped from north to south
• Season by Season suggestions by time of year
• Alphabetic List of links to 162 runs from A to Y
• Alphabetic Table details of 162 runs from A to Y
• Quick Picks American Middle Fork American North Fork (4) American North Fork (2) American South Fork Bear River (Colfax) Cache Creek Carson East Fork Eel Pillsbury Eel South Fork Kern, Forks of Kings (Banzai) Merced (Red Bud) Middle Fork Salmon Mokelumne (Electra) Rogue River Russian (Healdsburg) Tuolumne (Clavey) Trinity (Hell Hole) Truckee

Additional New Stuff

• New photos of the East Fork Carson into Nevada
• New writeup of the Cache Creek wilderness run
• Photoguide to the Illinois River in SW Oregon
• Writeup of Coyote Creek in downtown San Jose
• Auburn Dam Middle + North American writeup
• Map of The Best Whitewater in California [PDF]

Interesting Writeups

• Carnage Gallery 1: the out of boat experience
• Carnage Gallery 2: big boats are more photogenic
• Carnage Gallery 3: includes class I-V rating scale

Flow and Snow Information

• Snowpack Map for river basins in the western US
• Dreamflows link to table of western river flows
• Raftsiberia link to river flows and weather maps

Comparison Tables

• Rafting Companies links to outfitter websites
• Boat Dealers a list of equipment providers
• Kayaks and Rafts links to kayak, raft, IK charts
• Weatherproof Cameras camera comparison table