Mokelumne, N. Fork, California, US |
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| Usual Difficulty | III-IV (for normal flows) |
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| Length | 3 Miles |
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| Mokelumne - Tiger Creek Dam | ||||
| pge-M59 | 400 - 3000 cfs | III-IV | 02h47m | 38 cfs (rc= -0.9 ) |
Range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow paddlers by providing a comment or report. |
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If you haven't checked out the Tiger Creek section on the North Fork Mokelumne, you should. This little gem of a run is freshly opened up by American Whitewater, and is an incredible paddling resource that is not being enjoyed up to its potential. The section boasts a class III+ rapid at the beginning, tons of pool/drop class III in the middle, and a couple of nice class IV rapids right at the end. The scenery is wonderful the whole way, with many granite cliffs and slabs rising out of the water and lush green hillsides.
This is a great run for class III paddlers wanting to step up their game, or wanting to practice
some creekier moves in a comfortable setting. Scouting and portaging is fairly easy along most of
the length, but it does require extra effort at the last class 4 rapid.
Access to the run is easy, with nice parking areas at the put in and take out provided by BLM
& PG&E. The shuttle is short and quick on a road that parallels the run just
out of sight most of the time. People commonly get 2 runs on this little jewel in a
day.
Take out: Red Corral Road bridge of the Mokelumne is about 80 miles from
Modesto, but you should allow about 1 hour and 45 minutes.
From Jackson head east on CA-104/CA-88 12.5 mi
Turn right at CA-104/CA-26 4.6 mi to Red Corral Road
Take a Right on Red Corral Road
topozone map, google map.
Put in: From the take out a dirt road follows the river upstream on the north
side. Tiger Creek dam is about 3 miles upstream. There is a modest amount of parking and easy
access to the river a few hundred yards downstream of the dam.
topozone map, google map.
Other Information Sources:
A Wet State
Foothill
Conservancy
1-866-629-3925 AW-PG&E Flow Phone
AW-PG&E
flow page
A GUIDE TO THE BEST WHITEWATER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, HOLBEK & STANLEY, 1988
Here is a short video of the run. It gives a general overview, including the take out, put in,
and the two last rapids. It also gives you an idea of how pretty this river is.
AW Negotiated Releases on this River! Get out and enjoy this great river!
Scheduled releases can occur between the last weekends in May and the first two weekends of June in most years. Spills flows can occur in wet years and will override scheduled releases.
"At the Tiger Creek Dam whitewater boating put-in, flows will be released during three weekends of two consecutive weekend days (total of six days) between 10 AM and 2 PM."
Dreamflows.com graphs historical flows. Show 30 Days Show 3 Years
Historical flow data is available for this reach at USGS 11316670
Schematic Map of Diversions and gauges
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level | ||||||||||||||||
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| Mokelumne - Tiger Creek Dam | ||||||||||||||||||||
| pge-M59 | 400 - 3000 cfs | III-IV | 02h47m | 38 cfs (rc= -0.9 ) | ||||||||||||||||
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| 1y258d13h46m | /Mokelumne, N. Fork-Below Tiger Creek to Red Corral Road [CA] | Account of 05/28/10 | 1901 cfs | Paul Martzen |
| 4y241d13h46m | Mokelumne, N. Fork [CA] |
Put in below Tiger Creek dam.
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700 cfs | Paul Martzen |
| 4y241d13h46m | Mokelumne, N. Fork [CA] |
Last Move
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700 cfs | Paul Martzen |
| 4y241d13h46m | Mokelumne, N. Fork [CA] |
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700 cfs | Paul Martzen |
| 4y241d13h46m | Mokelumne, N. Fork [CA] |
Show off
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700 cfs | Paul Martzen |
| 4y261d13h46m | Mokelumne, N. Fork [CA] |
Tiger Creek Reach, N.
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n/a | Kevin Colburn |
No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run.
(iCal)
reach
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3) Below Tiger Creek to Red Corral Road, Mokelumne, N. Fork California, US (mobile)
User Comments
releases are effectively canceled. By Thursday afternoon, flows below Salt Springs were nearly 3000
cfs. The uncontrolled spill will continue until the runoff subsides. This effects all downstream
runs: Devil's Nose (IV-V), Tiger Creek(III-IV), and Electra (II-III). The Devil's Nose above 3000
cfs gets VERY PUSHY CLASS V. Scouting and/or portaging the lower gorge becomes extremely difficult
at high flows. Use Caution if running the lower runs Tiger Creek or Electra.
weekend, we took our small (13 foot) cat-a-rafts and rowed down this stretch again. It was great,
just too short... I encourage everyone with the appropriate craft and experience to join in on the
fun in 2009. Be sure and fill out a survey form at the end of each run. Edit
are the best.<br>