Klamath, California, US

4) Coon Creek to Ishi Pishi Falls

Usual Difficulty	II (for normal flows)
Length	22 Miles

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
KLAMATH R NR SEIAD VALLEY CA
usgs-11520500	700 - 8000 cfs	II	00h51m	2070 cfs (rc= 0.2 )
	Range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow paddlers by providing a comment or report.

River Description

Logistics: The put-in access for this section is at Coon Creek although longer multiday trips start further upstream. The take-out at Green Riffle access is 3.5 miles above Ishi Pishi Falls where a dirt road off the Highway leads down to the river just upstream of the Reynolds Creek confluence. If you continue downstream, you face a long portage around Ishi Pishi Falls.

Description:
Blue Swillup Rapid (class II+) comes a short distance after the put-in. After this point the river is rather mellow for the next several miles.

Don't miss the take-out at Green Riffle access. Below this take-out, Ishi Pishi Falls is a class V drop that has been run at flows around 2000 cfs and much higher, but this is sacred ground for the local Native American tribes and they have specifically asked boaters not to run it. In the interest of maintaining a good relationship between local boaters and the tribe, we're all working together on improving conditions on the Klamath River, it's probably best if you pass on this particular rapid.