Gauge Conditions
Runnable: ? – ? CFS
Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
CDEC Flow Data California
Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)
Photo
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
Some people just come here to run the dam spillway. The hike back up is said to be difficult or awkward.
LarryH posted on Boof.com , "be just a little bit carefull...it is very shallow and you pull some Gs at the bottom! many years ago my buddy landed kind of sideways.. on a brace, and his elbow got busted up really bad. we spent most of the night in the oroville hospital while he was getting worked on."
Before the construction of Oroville dam in 1961, this diversion dam sent water through a tunnel to a powerhouse at Las Plumas at the downstream end of the Big Bend.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (14)
Rapid
N/A
Poe Powerhouse Put-In
Rapid
III
Holey Moley
Rapid
III+
Box Car
Rapid
III
Shark's Tooth
Rapid
III+
Meat Grinder On Steroids
Rapid
N/A
Elevation 750 feet
Rapid
N/A
French Creek - 725'
Rapid
N/A
Elevation 700 feet
Rapid
N/A
Sky Boof
Rapid
N/A
Elevation 675 feet
Rapid
N/A
Berry Creek
Rapid
N/A
Elevation 650 feet
Rapid
N/A
Mouth of Dark Canyon
Rapid
N/A
Lime Saddle Marina Take-Out
View Full Run
5) Poe Powerhouse to Oroville Reservoir
Feather, N. Fork
III+(IV)
12.0 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater