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Rapid CA Class IV

Final Gorge #2

Salmon, South Fork - Near 15-Mile Marker to Matthews Creek River Access (CA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Salmon River a Somes Bar CA Downstream Primary

Runnable: 2,000.0 – 4,500.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

The shortest of the final three drops, this one is anarrow and boisterous pinch between rocks on the left and the canyon wall on the right. In the old days of long boats, kayakers feared this drop as several suffered the fate of getting caught sideways and having their boats fold in half at the pinch.