Whitewater Run CA Class III

St. Helena to Napa

Napa

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Gauge Conditions
NAPA River Near NAPA CA Downstream Primary
Runnable: 200.0 – 10,000.0 CFS

Flow range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow boaters with a comment or report.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
CDEC Flow Data California
NAPA RIVER NEAR ST HELENA STH Primary
Elevation: 195 ft
Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)
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Description
The Schwind guidebook from 1974 described this in no uncertain terms as a 'miserable river' full of brush and trash dumping. See trip reports for those descriptions.
Difficulty
Class III
Length
21.9 mi
Rapids
0
Access Points
Put-in
38.5108, -122.4545
Take-out
38.2978, -122.2820
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