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American, Middle Fork - 1) Tunnel Run: Oxbow Bend (Ralston Afterbay) to Drivers Flat Road
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1) Tunnel Run: Oxbow Bend (Ralston Afterbay) to Drivers Flat Road
Class II-IV(V+)
Avg Gradient 23 fpm
Paddle High Five!
Paddle High Five!
Photo of Raft Successfully Running Tunnel Chute by Matthew S. Urdan taken August 11, 2002 @ 1100 cfs
River Description
Other Information Sources:
CA Creekin' description.
Class V
Love, by Mark White in the AW Journal Archives.
Video of river closing due to high water
(5,666 cfs) from gate malfunction Aug. 5, 2004
All Outdoors report of
high water from gate malfunction Aug. 5, 2004
Rafting - R1- through Ruck a Chucky Falls- video
Book References: Cassady & Calhoun, Holbek & Stanley, Martin, Penny, Gerald Meral
FERC Information:
Oxbow Powerhouse is one of 5 powerhouses and 7 diversions in the Middle Fork American River Project, which is
presently going through the relicensing process.
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2009-08-26 22:02:56
Editors
Stream Team Editor
Matthew Urdan
Westerville, OH
NWRI - American, Middle Fork 1) Tunnel Run: Oxbow Bend (Ralston Afterbay) to Drivers Flat Road (mobile)