Tuolumne River: Lumsden Campground to Don Pedro Reservoir (18 miles, 7 hrs) (July 3th, 04)
A few of us, San Diego and UCLA folks, gathered together and decided to paddle the main Tuolumne river on 4th of July holiday. It was a long and exciting run, 18 miles, and we did it in about 7 hours with minimal play time. The hardest rapids on this run were the 'Sunderland's Chute' and 'Clavey Falls.' On the Clavey, We ran the left side which was a semi-sneak route while a few rafters took the more challenging lines on river right as shown in pictures below. We also stopped at an old powerhouse (mining) for lunch. The powerhouse was destroyed by a flood back in 1937 and it was interesting to see some mechanical parts and pieces of it still scattering around.
I departed with the group after the run (8pm) and headed to Trinity river to join GCP group (from Sacramento) for Sunday.
Paddlers: Gilbert, Diane, Jamie, Jeramy, Amanda, Bryant, Alex, Patrick, and Rob.
Water Level: 1250 cfs (Medium low and not pushy).
Tuolumne River Description (from www.creekin.net)
We stopped at the hill top to check out the first rapid - Rock Garden.
Rock Garden.
Getting ready at the put-in.
Commercial raft on a 2-3 day rafting and camping trip.
A crowd gathered at Clavey Falls to scout the rapid.
First raft running the right line on Clavey Falls.
2nd raft.
and 3rd raft.
Lunch stop at an old powerhouse which was destroyed by a flood in 1937.
We also saw a statue of "Alexander" the great!!!
On my way to Trinity river.
