White Water Rafting Travel Guide - South Fork American River | California Travel Tips
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Published 2010-08-01
White water rafting trips are popular in the spring (if you're looking for big surf), or in the late summer (if you're looking for gentler, warmer waters).
American River rafting is one of the most convenient whitewater river rafting trips because it's only an hour from Sacramento.
The American River is also one of the best white water rafting destinations in the nation, drawing more than 1 million visitors per year.
The American River white water rafting season runs from spring to fall, and is the perfect compliment to a California vacation.
Our OARS white water rafting class included a delicious barbecue lunch, followed by about three hours on the river.
For a whitewater river rafting vacation, OARS offers multiple-day whitewater rafting tours on several popular California rivers, including the Merced River, Tuolumne River near Yosemite and the Upper Klamath River near the Oregon border.
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All Comments (18)
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Thanks πpanduannya
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We love love love! White water rafting, This one was a super mellow one, Thanks Veronica!
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@Phixirdius Thanks. You are so kind. We really had a great time. It was a nice break from the reality of our recent house fire. We highly recommend this trip. It was amazing. Have a great summer. Veronica
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@Mslittlejoeyy I highly recommend this. I can't believe I waited until I was 40 to do it! Best thing ever!!
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this is next on my list especially being a California native looks super rad and fun I went to gold country during the fourth grade :)
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i have booked one on the american river like that was this one 12-13 hours long the whole trip from pickup to drop off.
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I'm going whitewater rafting in Catalonia, Pallars Noguera is awesome. It looks just like this river but is very long.
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South fork is class 2 and 3, middle fork is 3 and 4. I have done it several times both forks, and the time varies, and it depends on where you put in, lunch times, stops and etc. Whole South Fork is all day long , some areas like lower gorge are only 3 to 6 hours, depending on the outfit you travel with.
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wowo! id love to do that! i love adventure!!!!........ ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!!! ( up)
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i did thay today hospital bar was awsome
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Definately recommend trying a few different companies to go with. To answer some of the others folks, yes this is a 3+ classified river. The real amount of + will be based on the amount of water being let out of chili bar dam. If you can try it on a 2000+ release day. Also dont forget there are middle fork and north fork as well...north being a bit more extreme and up to class 5 based on flow.
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It looks beautiful. :)
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D: I live about 1000+ miles from there, but It looks awesome.
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i might be going uo there this weekend, do the rapids go higher than 3?
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@MsJas666 Hello. It depends on what package you opt for. Check out oars.com for more information.
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I think they may go to a 4 in some areas.
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@KandyGurl73 Sorry to hear that. Why doesn't your dad, sister and brother move back to Mexico so you can be together?
