Mokelumne
4. Ponderosa Way to Electra Picnic area
June 8, 2016
Trip Report
| Reporter | Mario Blackwell |
With no real description of rapids or what lied downstream other than whats mentioned above from the 70's, we headed for the river. This turned out to be an excellent day with flows around 1,150 cfs as well as a great addition to the Electra Run below the powerhouse. Myself and my buddy Daniel had fun on this 3 mile section of the Mokelumne. The run served lots of great boof opportunities and a handful of fun class III rapids. This is a great intro to Tiger Creek just upstream. Maybe Tiger Creeks cub haha! The first and last rapids were the hardest. We scouted the first rapid but nothing else. Scouting was possible on everything but not without a hike through the brush.
Note: Due to water diversion of this run there were trees growing into the river bottom and extremely bushy river banks making swims hazardous. At our flow the water was in the trees. Class III boater with solid roll required.
I highly recommend this run if your heading to the Electra section below. Put in was easy with a high clearance vehicle.