American River SF - Coloma to Greenwood Run
From Wikipaddle
| American River South Fork, C to G | |
| Grade | class II+ |
| Gradient | 17 ft/mi |
| Distance | ~5.5 miles |
| Location | |
| Country | USA |
| Region | El Dorado County, California |
| Lat | 38.8029 |
| Lon | -120.893 |
| USGS | 11427000 |
| Directions, Google earth | |
Contents |
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Information
Runoff plus dam releases provide reliable flows typically at least ten months per year. This run is heavily used for training of new kayakers. The wave-hole at Barking Dog Rapid provides a playspot for advanced-intermediate kayakers.
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Access
Put-in at Marshall Gold Discovery State Park (parking $5). Intermediate access points include Hwy 49 bridge, Henningson-Lotus County Park and Camp Lotus (parking $$). Take-out at Greenwood Creek BLM River Access.
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Flow
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Location
This river run goes past the towns of Coloma and Lotus. (DoubleClick the red markers on the map to see the pop-up labels.)
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External Links
- Topo Map - ACME Mapper 2.0
- SF American River flow data from CDEC
- Paddling Northern California, Charlie Pike 2001. Contains a short writeup on this run.
- cacreeks.com online guide. Detailed writeup on this run.
- Kayaking Trip report - C to G Run 11march2007.Brthomas 08:34, 12 March 2007 (MDT)
