Whitewater Rafting on the California Salmon River
The California Salmon (Cal-Salmon) is considered
the "Cherry Creek" of springtime rafting. This Class V whitewater
rafting run is for experts only and runnable by raft or kayak. This website
was built to serve as an educational and informational resource for guests,
guides and the general whitewater rafting community. If you have some class
IV whitewater rafting experience and want to go whitewater rafting on the
California Salmon...consider contacting a commercial
rafting outfitter.
Images courtesy of All-Outdoors California Whitewater
Rafting
Portions
of information found within this website were excertped from California
Whitewater by Jim Cassady and The
Best Whitewater in California by Lars Holbek.
Put-in and take-out shuttles are easily accessible and only takes about
30 minutes. Camping is scarce, especially in
the gorge, so plan accordingly. The Cal-Salmon can be run at
flows of up to 5000 cfs, but it is not recommended. The mile-by-mile guide and river
descriptions page can be used to plan some of the logistics of your
whitewater rafting adventure, but cannot replace the skills and judgement
needed to run this river.