Mokelumne, California, US

4.2)Ponderosa Way to Electra Picnic area

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
Mokelumne - Ponderosa Way
pge-M46	400 - 2000 cfs	II-III	01h01m	39 cfs (rc= -0.9 )
	Range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow paddlers by providing a comment or report.

River Description

Charles Martin describes this run in his 1974 guidebook, Sierra Whitewater.    He says the run is a good class 3.  

PG&E diverts most of the flow around this section so it will seldom have boatable flows.   Spring in wet years is the best time to check this section out.   There is also one weekend day per year of scheduled release for whitewater recreation in June of non spill years. 

Other Information Sources: 
Relicensing info  
Foothill Conservancy 
AW-PG&E flow page
1-866-629-3925 AW-PG&E Flow Phone

FERC information:   
The entire upper Mokelumne Watershed PG&E hydroelectric system is under a single FERC license, number P-137       A new license was issued on October 11, 2001 and will expire in 30 years from that date. 

Text of whitewater boating monitoring plan.

During Below Normal, Above Normal, and Wet water years, the
stated fows of at least 900 cfs (700 cfs in BN years) will be released beginning two weeks prior
to Memorial Day weekend and ending June 15 and prior to the start of spill at Salt Springs
Reservoir Dam. ............ The Ponderosa Way whitewater
boating put-in will only have releases scheduled for one weekend day between 10 AM and 2 PM
(see Attachment B: Condition 28). The River Rangers will conduct the surveys each day the
flows are released. During Dry and Critically Dry years, flows will be released according to the
Below Normal year requirernents (700 cfs) if the Ecological Resource Committee (ERC) and the
FS determine that there would be no negative environmental impacts resulting from the
continued flows (see Attachment C: Condition 29).