American River providing ‘as soon as in a lifetime’ rafting circumstances above Folsom Lake, firm says Demand is excessive for guided whitewater rafting journeys within the churning, rolling, fast-moving circumstances all through the Foothills. Share Copy Hyperlink Copy
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MEANWHILE, MOST PEOPLE ARE BEING URGED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER. BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN ENJOY THE RIVERS MORE SAFELY IN CASE. HERE AT THREE IS MIKE TESELLE IS ALONG THE AMERICAN RIVER THIS MORNING TO DETAIL WHAT WHITEWATER RAFT COMPANIES ARE DOING BECAUSE OF THOSE CURRENT CONDITIONS. AND WE CAN SEE IT RIGHT BEHIND YOU, MIKE. IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY. YEAH, AND IT’S REALLY A TALE OF TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE AMERICAN RIVER, THE ONE WHERE WE’RE AT BY THE SUNRISE BRIDGE. WELL, THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE ABOUT THE TIME WE’D START TO SEE THE RAFTERS COMING DOWN HERE TO START THEIR DAY LONG JOURNEY. BUT INSTEAD IT’S FISHERMEN AND PEOPLE WALKING OVER THE RIVER. THE WARNING TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER HERE, HOWEVER, TAKE A LOOK AT A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE AMERICAN RIVER ABOVE FOLSOM LAKE, UP NEAR COOL AND COLOMA IN THE FOOTHILLS. THIS IS A LOOK AT WHAT WHITEWATER RAFTING CONDITIONS ARE LIKE RIGHT NOW ALONG THAT STRETCH OF THE AMERICAN RIVER. QUESTION IS, WHY IS IT STAY OUT OF THE RIVER BELOW FOLSOM LAKE? BUT IT’S OKAY ABOVE THE RIVER? WELL, WAIT, I’M SORRY. WET RIVER TRIPS TOLD ME THIS IS A SAFER WAY TO ENJOY THE RIVER BECAUSE THEY ARE TRAINED, PROFESSIONAL AND COMMERCIAL GUIDES WHO ARE USED TO DEALING WITH CHANGING CONDITIONS ALONG THIS RIVER. KANISHKA CONDITIONS THAT THIS MEMORIAL DAY, THEY SAY, ARE AMONG THE BEST SOME THEY HAVE EVER SEEN. THIS IS SURELY TOP FIVE. THE LAST TIME I’VE SEEN IT LIKE THIS WAS 1998. AND THIS IS THE SNOWPACK IS EVEN BETTER THAN THAT YEAR. THE RIVER FLOWS ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SAME AS FAR AS THE PEAKS, BUT IT’LL BE A LONGER SEASON WITH BETTER WATER. AND HERE IS WHAT WET RIVER TRIPS TOLD ME. THEY’RE DOING DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF THE HIGH FAST, COLD WATER YEAR ALONG WITH THE USUAL LIFE JACKETS AND HELMETS AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN SWIM. THEY’RE HAVING CUSTOMERS WEAR WETSUITS. IF NEEDED. THEY HAVE EXTRA SAFETY BOAT IN THE WATER FOR EACH TRIP. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IF SOMEONE FALLS IN THAT BOAT CAN GET TO THEM QUICKER AND GRAB THEM AND GET THEM OUT OF THE WATER. THEY’RE ALSO STRESSING TO ANYONE WHO FALLS INTO THE RIVER TO TRY AND STAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SWIM TO SHORE BECAUSE NEAR THE SHORELINE IS WHERE YOU COULD HAVE UNDERWATER BRANCHES OR OTHER HAZARDS THAT CAN SNAG YOU AND PULL YOU UNDER AND CREATE, OBVIOUSLY, A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BUT THAT’S ABOVE FOLSOM LAKE. BELOW FOLSOM LAKE, BACK OUT HERE LIVE AGAIN. IT’S MORE ABOUT WALKING OVER THE WATER THIS MEMORIAL DAY THAN BEING IN THE WATER BECAUSE THE BIGGEST RAFT COMPANY THAT RENTS RAFTS IN THIS AREA, ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE, TEMPORARILY CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE RIVER CONDITIONS HERE BEHIND ME THAT AGAIN, LEADING TO WARNING SIGNS TO STAY OUT OF THE RIVER BELOW FOLSOM LAKE ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY. LIVE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY, MIKE TESELLE, KCRA THREE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. WHITEWATER RAFTING GUIDES ARE EXPECTING THIS TO BE A LONGER SEASON WITH THAT HIGHER WATER
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