The Cal Salmon
|
|
The California Salmon River flows between the Marble Mountains and the Trinity Alps in the Northern California Coast Range. Although it's quite a trek to get to the Cal Salmon from anywhere, it's well worth it due to the beautiful canyon, sparkling clear water, and awesome rapids.
Featured Cal Salmon River Outfitter
Momentum
River Expeditions (866) 663-5628 is a guide
owned company that offers river trips on world class destinations
including the California
Salmon.
Nordheimer - Class V
This is the classic! You'll put in at Nordheimer campground and have
a nice warm-up before running the Class IV+ Bloomer
Falls within the
first mile. Below here, the river will keep you interested all day due
to countless Class IV rapids and three Class Vs.
This run comes to an exiting climax with the final two rapids: Last Chance and Freight Train. Last Chance is a tricky rapids with a boat flipping hole at the bottom. This is particularly important because the big rapid Freight Train is just below here and a flip in Last Chance could mean a top to bottom swim through Freight Train. Those of you that have run Freight Train know this is a bad thing because it's a long, powerful rapid that funnels through a narrow opening between rock walls at the bottom.
Butler - Class IV
The Butler Creek run is just below the Nordheimer run and they are occasionally both done in the same long day. You'll enjoy the fun Class III and IV rapids and find that the Class IV+ rapid Gaping Maw can cause more problems than more difficult rapids on the Nordheimer run.
There are several places to take out and many people will follow the Cal Salmon all the way to the Klamath River. This is a worthwhile venture because there are several big water rapids. Big Ikes is the best of these rapids with huge holes and waves and it definitely deserves to be scouted.
Email
This Page