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| Name | Range | Updated | Level |
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| PIT R BL PIT NO 1 PH NR FALL RIVER MILLS CA | 600 - 5000 cfs | 02h13m | 1050 cfs (rc= 0.1 ) |
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This river section is unique to California in that the terrain is more like eastern Oregon desert with a basalt riverbed.
Because flows are returned to the river at the powerhouse you can boat this section most of the year. If you are continuing down on a trip that started up above the powerhouse you will find that the gradient eases but in the final few miles to the take-out, the observant paddler can find several nice surfing waves. You can choose to take out at the 299 bridge or continue down to Lake Britton. This section provides a nice class II run and offers whitewater boating fun for the whole family with some waves and play holes.
Take out:
Shortly after crossing the 299E bridge going upstream, turn left onto an access road. This
provides river access on the downstream, river right side of the bridge. Paddlers could also
continue down into Lake Britton which starts a short ways below the bridge. There appear to be
dirt roads providing access to the lake on the right side in a short distance. Roads on the left
side appear to access the lake further downstream.
Put in: Continue east on 299E to the turn off for the Pit #1 powerhouse. Drive down and launch near a campground or as close to the powerhouse outlet channel as you can get.
Other Information Sources:
CaCreeks.com
Pit River Alliance
BLM Pit River Recreation
Area
Hydro Reform
Coalition
PG&E is required to maintain a minimum of 500 cfs below the Pit 1 powerhouse at all times, though a short term deviation of -10% is allowed. Actual flows will usually be slightly higher to stay above the minimum.
USGS has a pdf showing all the dams, diversions, powerhouses and gauges in the Pit and McCloud River Basins.
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| PIT R BL PIT NO 1 PH NR FALL RIVER MILLS CA | |||||||||
| usgs-11355010 | 600 - 5000 cfs | 02h13m | 1050 cfs (rc= 0.1 ) | ||||||
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| Pit [CA] |
Left Run Pit Falls
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n/a | Dave Steindorf | |
| Pit [CA] |
Pit 1 class II run
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n/a | n/a |
No guide books for this stream. If you know of a book that describes this stream please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. River Alert
State News
River Links
NWRI - Pit Pit #1 Powerhouse to Lake Britton (mobile)
User Comments
great time in camp greeting people as they waited in line for the toilet. Although I could only run
the canyon once, we did IK the lower section a few times and even ran Hat Creek. My story is here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~gregschmidt/gregsphotopages/id7.html Just scroll through all the other
stories (just watch the dates) and you'll get a long story with photos of bald eagle fledglings.
Thanks again for the water, it is MUCH appreciated. Greg Schmidt Sparks, NV. Edit