The California Whitewater Rafting Season is Here
March 29th, 2008 WebmasterIt’s official. The 2008 California whitewater rafting season is underway. The North Fork American River was flowing around 100cfs early in the week.
Snow Survery Report from 2/28/2008
March 3rd, 2008 WebmasterCalifornia Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced a state average of 118% of normal. This is outstanding news for the California rafting industry. But lets not get ahead of ourselves yet. A lot can happen in the next few month… we could double our snowpack or lose a bunch of it.
Quoted from CDEC Snow Survey Reports (PDF):
Today’s snow survey was the third of the 2008 snowfall season. The most recent electronic sensor readings show Northern Sierra snow water equivalents at 122 percent of normal for this date, the Central Sierra at 110 percent, and the Southern Sierra at 130 percent. Statewide, the percentage of normal is at 118 percent. Electronic sensor readings one year ago showed the Northern Sierra at 69 percent of normal, the Central Sierra at 64 percent and the Southern Sierra at 52 percent. The statewide average was 63 percent.
February Snowpack Report
February 22nd, 2008 WebmasterJanuary and early February were outstanding months for precipitation here in California. I recall driving over Donner pass in early December in route to the America Outdoors Conference in Reno… the snowpack was 0%. I mean the ground was brown.
California Rivers Festival – March 15, 2008
February 20th, 2008 WebmasterFriends of the River is bringing back the one-and-only California Rivers Festival, the awesome annual event held each year when the snow begins to melt and the rivers start to rise. Even better news: admission is **free**!
California Snowpack Report January 2008
January 14th, 2008 WebmasterThe good news is we have a stable California snowpack rich in water content. Majority of the storm systems this winter have left us with good, wet, sticky snow. Since the last round of storms the daily and overnight temps have been cold so what snow we have isn’t melting.
Preparing for the 2008 California Rafting Season
January 6th, 2008 WebmasterThe California Rafting season is still a good 4 and half months away. You’re probably thinking.. dude.. it just started snowing let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
And you’re right. However, If you know you are planning a California whitewater rafting trip in 2008 you should check out this deal.