Just an hour east of Sacramento, the South Fork of the American River offers thrill seekers and nature lovers a world-class whitewater adventure. The 21-mile stretch of river from the Chili Bar ...

Just an hour east of Sacramento, the South Fork of the American River offers thrill seekers and nature lovers a world-class whitewater adventure.The 21-mile stretch of river from the Chili Bar ...

Participants of a rafting trip watch a guide with Sierra Whitewater maneuver raft over the Ruck-A-Chucky Falls on the Middle Fork of the American River on May 24, 2024.

Rowers get splashed during a whitewater rafting trip down the South Fork of the American River near Placerville, Calif., on April 28, 2023. The state’s historic winter storms dumped a record ...

American Whitewater Expeditions in Coloma runs rafting trips along the American River’s South and Middle forks, where flows are regulated by upstream dams, and the free-flowing North Fork, which ...

COLOMA, Calif. — Triple Threat. Deadman’s Drop. Satan’s Cesspool. After years of drought, the rapids along California’s American River are truly living up to their names. As a historic ...

Another watershed benefitting from the Sierra’s massive snowpack is the South Fork American, just an hour east of Sacramento. It’s actually a dam-release river, with recreational flows ...

Conditions vary widely from river to river and even along the same river, like the American, with its South Fork being milder, offering places for even families with children to go.