Whitewater Run CA Class IV-V

1) Sunny Hill Road to Platina Road bridge near Ono

Cottonwood Creek, N. Fork

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Gauge Conditions
CLEAR Creek Near IGO CA Downstream Primary
Runnable: ? – ? CFS
Approximate reading: This gauge is 10.0 miles away on Cottonwood Creek. Use as a general reference only.
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
CDEC Flow Data California
COTTONWOOD CREEK NCB Primary
Elevation: 1,674 ft
COTTONWOOD CREEK CWA
Elevation: 364 ft
Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)
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Description
A fun rain or snow fed run near Redding, this creek is rarely run although it contains several high quality drops, and one perfect waterfall. See the description, with pictures, in Bill Tuthill's California Creekin and Darin McQuoid's Jefferson State Creeking
Difficulty
Class IV-V
Length
5.3 mi
Gradient
103 ft/mi
max 134
Rapids
0
Access Points
Put-in
40.4448, -122.6910
Take-out
40.4702, -122.6212
Difficulty Classes
I Easy II Novice III Intermediate IV Advanced V Expert/Extreme VI Unrunnable
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater