Yuba, South

Boaters in standard high-sloped bow geometry,
March 22, 2026 in opening mile of the Edward's Crossing to Purdon's Crossing section of the South Fork Yuba River, California.

In the final quarter mile of Edwards to Purdons

We had a great day at just above 500cfs with clear water and warm sun.

While it's absolutely low at this level, we did not find it to be boat abusive or uncomfortably bony. The bedrock character channelizes the flow nicely and even the boulder gardens had plenty of water to navigate the lines cleanly. Someone familiar with the run could abolutely have a fun and clean run at these flows, though another couple hundred CFS would've made some of the boofs cleaner.

A video of the run is available here:
Youtube Video: South Yuba River Edwards to Purdon's

With Spaulding still experiencing outages, the South Yuba continues to provide! The Sunday afternoon lap probably had 20 people out. Delays with repairs seem likely to extend the season once again!!

caught an early atmospheric river and rode the wave. Crested out at 2,100 cfs on the 49 gauge, rode the wave as it dropped out quick.