Printer Friendly Middle Fork of the Feather River (Bald Rock)

Middle Fork of the Feather River (Bald Rock)


Stretch: Milsap Bar to Oroville Dam
Difficulty: Class V to V+
Distance: 8.5 to 22.0 miles
Flows: 500-1,500 cfs (Most view 1,100 as getting very spicey). Current Dreamflows gauge
Gradient: 101 fpm (150 fpm for the hard section of 2.5 miles starting at mile 2.5, max of 195 fpm from Atom Bomb through Four Deaths).
Put-in: Milsap Bar Bridge
Take-out: Either hike up Bean Creek 4.5 miles into the lake paddle or at Oroville Dam 15 miles across the lake
Shuttle: 15.5 miles (55 minutes) or 30.8 miles (65 minutes). Some dirt road
Season: Winter and Spring from rain and snow melt
Written: © 2013, 2016
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