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Rapid CA Class IV+

Origami

Trinity - 4. Cedar Flat to Hawkins Bar (CA)

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Gauge Conditions

Trinity River near Burnt Ranch CA Upstream Primary

Runnable: 350.0 – 4,500.0 CFS

Burnt Ranch Gorge can be paddled at a wide range of flows. At summer flows it is technical and tight. At higher flows it is big, pushy, and continuous.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

CDEC Flow Data California

TRINITY RIVER NEAR BURNT RANCH TBR Primary

Elevation: 944 ft

Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)

Description

From Cassady and Calhoun - California Whitewater: "Rafts that get caught in the turbulent holes at the bottom of this rapid could be folded like Japanese paper."

The left side opens up somwhere above 1000 cfs. Some call it class V