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Rapid CA

Rock Creek

Klamath - 12. Coon Creek to Green Riffle (CA)

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Gauge Conditions
Klamath River near Seiad Valley CA Upstream Primary
Runnable: 700.0 – 8,000.0 CFS

Range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow paddlers by providing a comment or report.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Rock Creek
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Rock Creek flows out of the Siskiyou Wilderness Area and enters the Klamath on river right here. The multilevel beach formed with perfect skipping stones is a popular lunch stop and overnight camp. Highway 96 is away from the river here and the setting is superb.

The water of Rock Creek is cool, clear, and clean. As refreshing as it is, please avoid the area around the creek mouth from June through September as salmon and other fish use this area to survive the warm waters of the Klamath River. Distrubing the fish forces them to swim into the Klamath where the water is sometimes lethally warm. The good news is that there are amazing swimming holes up the creek a short distance.

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class N/A
Mile Marker
10.4 mi
Directions
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12. Coon Creek to Green Riffle
Klamath
II 20.0 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater