Sunderlands Chute

The river makes a sharp turn to the right, then picks up speed as it flows in a fairly straight line against the right side wall. The top half of the rapid is fairly open with numerous rocks forming eddies. At low summer flows, boaters can eddy hop down a ways until the river drops down a steep narrow chute. Several big holes wait at the bottom of the chute, occupying the center and right. The typical route is to start down the center of the chute then power left before the bottom. This rapid is named for Dick Sunderland, an early California river-running pioneer.