Gauge Conditions

Battle Creek below Coleman Fish Hatchery near Cottonwood CA Downstream Primary

Runnable: 800.0 – 10,000.0 CFS

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Data from American Whitewater & USGS

CDEC Flow Data California

BATTLE CREEK BAT Primary

Elevation: 200 ft

BATTLE CREEK CNH Primary

Elevation: 446 ft

Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

This is the one stand out Class IV rapid on this run. The first part is tricky move between two large boulders, moving right to left. At 1000 cfs this can be snuck on teh left. The second part of this rapid is a long technical affair. The run mellows out considerably after this rapid.