Pit
Pit 5: Pit 5 Dam to Pit 5 Powerhouse(Pit 5 Run)
In the first rapid below Big Bend, known as Bad Alder, there is a large Alder spanning the channel (just a case of a rapid living up to its name). The tree is virtually impossible to avoid and it would be very easy to get swept into it during release flows. The good news is that there is a side channel to the right of the main channel that looks like it will be runable at release flows. This channel should be pretty easy to scout from the parking area.
Oct 11, 2023
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) operates 22 hydropower projects on 500 river miles across California that American Whitewater has spent nearly 30 years of work to protect and restore. This […]
May 2, 2023
California paddling adventures abound during this wet water year! Here are the confirmed recreational releases or forecasted whitewater opportunities ordered by date for the North Fork Mokelumne River, South Fork […]
Sep 3, 2021
American Whitewater has confirmed with Pacific Gas & Electric that recreational releases will take place on Pit 5 for September 11th and 12th (10am to 4pm at 1200 cfs). PG&E […]
Aug 25, 2021
American Whitewater in consultation with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and managing agencies has confirmed recreational releases for 2021 on the Pit watershed. PG&E has made a schedule change […]
Mar 11, 2021
After Pacfic Gas & Electric (PG&E) skunked over 80 boaters showing up on for the Pit 1 Fall River Mills release last October, American Whitewater called for a meeting to […]
Oct 14, 2020
In California, American Whitewater is working with Pacific Gas & Electric and the managing agencies, including USFS and BLM, to provide the following scheduled releases for the Mokelumne, North Fork […]
Mar 20, 2019
Here are the 2019 scheduled recreational releases for hydropower projects American Whitewater negotiated across California. Stay tuned for more dates on other rivers. Also, remember dates are subject to change […]
May 9, 2018
American Whitewater continues to play an important role in negotiating and implementing the recreational flows provided by hydropower licenses throughout […]
