San Joaquin

4. Patterson Bend (Kerckhoff Reservoir to Kerchoff #1 PH)

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October 8, 2006

Trip Report

ReporterPaul Martzen

This telephoto view of the biggest rapid in Patterson Bend is available from the take-out road. Flow in this picture is only 45 cfs, but you can clearly see the size of the boulders which form the rapid. They also make portaging difficult.

Trip Report – San Joaquin – 4. Patterson Bend (Kerckhoff Reservoir to Kerchoff #1 PH) | American Whitewater