Battle Creek

We paddled this run at 2,800 and it was great! Big waves, splashy, bouncy, and continuous (with a couple noteable holes). There are still some eddies to be had. The difficulty of the run probably does bump up to class IV at this level just because of the continuous nature. The line remains more or less the same in the class IV rapid. No wood that we could see. Great option for when other things are too high!

2023 has been the biggest snow year on record for many parts of California.  The snow has been good for Battle Creek.  This run often needs a rain event to make it boatable, but this year the snow has made for weeks of good flow.  I would describe the 1000 cfs that we had on this run as optimal.  I have run it at a little lower flows, and this was better.  Two of us put-in on the North Fork,  a great little Class IV creeking addition to this run.  Just be advised that it starts with a bang right below the put-in.  Would be pretty tight to get a raft down. The put-in is just under the bridge that crossed the North Fork.

great run. very continous and creeky class 3. lots of action until around mile 6/7. here you get an easy class 4 and then class 2 until the take out. I can confirm this run is much better than most of the class 2/3- rivers ive been on in the area. I did the run solo on january 7. I left sacramento at 3am, dropped my bike at the fish hatchery at 630, and was at the put in by 715. The run took me about 3 hours with no play and 2 scouts. the bike shuttle took 2 hours going very slow. I had about 1000 cfs on the gauge at the take out (hatchery).