Printer Friendly Silver Creek (South Fork American River Tributary)

Silver Creek (South Fork American River Tributary)


Stretch: Camino Reservoir to Forebay Rd
Difficulty: Class V- to V
Distance: 6.0 miles (plus 3 miles on the S.F.A.)
Flows: ~500-1,000 cfs Yea Chris and Hilde Negotiated the gauge to be online again! Current Dreamflows gauge
Gradient: 123 fpm on Silver Creek, then 66 fpm
Put-in: Below Camino Reservoir
Take-out: Forebay Rd.
Shuttle: 35 miles, 1.5 Hours (one way)
Season: HAHA… Very Rarely… spill off of peak snow melt.
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