California Guidebooks

California Whitewater: A Guide to the Rivers

This book covers the state’s best runs, from easy Class II to thundering Class V. Experts and novices alike will find it full of indispensable information, including nearly fifty pages of maps and mile-by-mile guides to California’s finest rivers. This whitewater rafting book is written by Jim Cassady and Fryar Calhoun.

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The Best Whitewater in California

Chuck Stanley and Lars Holbek, two of the country’s premier whitewater boaters, draw upon more than fifty years combined experience to describe 180 runs, many of which are in print here for the first time. The whitewater ranges from mildly challenging to downright hair-raising, and the descriptions are profusely illustrated with maps, photos and the unavoidable quota of whitewater lies.

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 Western Whitewater: From the Rockies to the Pacific

This book tells experts, novices and armchair adventures alike what they want to know about 160 rivers from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast. Everything from popular advanced and intermediate runs ranging from one day to more than a week; difficult, little-known streams for experts only; and easy flatwater floats suitable for novice boaters. The book includes mile by mile guides, maps, photos and much more. This whitewater rafting book is written by Jim Cassady, Bill Cross and Fryar Calhoun.

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