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Whitewater Rafting in California General
Information (continued)
California
White Water Rafting Affiliations:
America
Outdoors, California Outdoors, Friends of the River, Friends of the Trinity
River, South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), the Planning and Conservation
League, and the American River Coalition.
Permits:
Tributary Whitewater Tours operates under permits from the Bureau of
Land Management, the United States Forest Service (Klamath, Six Rivers,
Shasta-Trinity, Tahoe and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests), California Dept.
of Parks & Recreation, Nevada County, Tulare County and El Dorado County.
Non-Discrimination:
Tributary Whitewater Tours is an Equal Opportunity Service Provider.
"We
do not discriminate by segregation or otherwise against any person on the basis
of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap, by curtailing
or refusing to furnish accommodations, facilities, services, or use privileges
offered to the public generally." (Ref. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of
Education Amendments and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975).
How difficult
is each river?
Please consider this
International Scale of River Difficulty before choosing a whitewater rafting
trip in California. In general, Class III is of moderate difficulty - plenty of
thrills and ideal if you have never been whitewater rafting before. Class IV is
more challenging but fine for very adventurous first timers. Class V is the
most difficult and should only be undertaken by strong swimmers with previous
Class IV whitewater experience. The difficulty of a river often increases one
level during the high water of Spring months.
Class I - Easy Waves are small, regular;
riffles.
Class II - Medium Rapids of medium
difficulty; swift current, passages are wide and clear.
Class III - Difficult Waves numerous, high,
irregular; rocks, eddies, rapids with passages that are clear though narrow,
requiring expertise in maneuvering.
Class IV - Very Difficult Long rapids, waves
powerful and irregular; dangerous rocks, boiling eddies; powerful and precise
maneuvering required.
Class V - Extremely Difficult Long and
violent rapids following each other almost without interruption; riverbed
extremely obstructed; big drops, violent current, very steep
gradient.
Class VI - Unnavigable The upper extreme of
whitewater rivers, commercially unrunnable.
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