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Rapid CA Class III

K-Wave

Klamath - 11. Ishi Pishi Bridge to Dolans Bar (CA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Klamath River a Orleans Downstream Primary

Runnable: 1,000.0 – 25,000.0 CFS

This run has a very large range of boatable flows spanning rocky, technical boating to massively big water boating.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

The K-Wave is optimal when the Klamath River flow at the Orleans gage is 11,000 cfs. At summer flows, this feature is just a large pillow the exposed rock that, at high flows, forms the K-Wave.