Captain Nemo
Dinkey Creek - 2. Dinkey Creek Campgrounds to logging spur road (CA)
Gauge Conditions
Runnable: ? – ? CFS
Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
A steep, impressive, bedrock drop. Scout on river right. I don't recall why we called it Captian Nemo, but it is too shallow to submarine!
From a small eddy at the lip on river right, drop down a steep, left ward tongue, then cut back hard to the right. The most common problem in this rapid is when boaters overpower the steep entrance. They (we) overshoot up onto the left wall and get turned backwards. A light touch in the entrance helps the cut back to the right, and down the channel.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (19)
Rapid
N/A
Put In
Rapid
V
Road's end Gorge
Rapid
N/A
Honeymoon Pool
Rapid
N/A
Redwood Truss Bridge
Rapid
N/A
Highway Bridge
Rapid
IV
Gorge Entrance
Rapid
IV
Drop before Nemo
Rapid
III
Brushy Area
Rapid
II
Camp El-O-Win footbridge
Rapid
N/A
Dinkey Meadows Gauge
Rapid
IV
Gauge Drop
Rapid
IV
Distinctive Slide
Hazard
IV
Walt's Ledges
Waterfall
IV+
Cherry Bomb Falls
Rapid
IV
Max Headroom
Rapid
IV
Sticky Ledge
Rapid
IV
LA Riot
Rapid
IV
Boulder Exit
Rapid
N/A
Take Out
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2. Dinkey Creek Campgrounds to logging spur road
Dinkey Creek
IV-V
5.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater