Goodwin Canyon is
considered a Class IV-V run. The following mile-by-mile guide only describes
the most difficult rapids. The descriptions provide details about the location
of certain hazards and also an idea of how the rapid could be run. These
descriptions cannot run the rapid for you, so make sure you have the skills
and strong paddlers to run these rapids.
- Mile 0: Put-in (0.5 mile below Goodwin Dam)
- Mile 0.1: Laundry Chute (class III)
- Mile 0.3: Surf City (class III)
- Mile 0.6: Mr. Toads Wild Ride (class IV+: possible portage on right)
- Mile 0.8: Willow Rapid (class III)
- Mile 1.0: Matterhorn (class V-VI: portage at most flows.)
- Mile 1.7: Upper Pinball (class III+)
- Mile 1.8: Lower Pinball (class III+)
- Mile 2.3: Haunted House (class IV+)
- Mile 2.8: The Narrows (class II+)
- Mile 3.2: Air Mattress (class III+)
- Mile 3.5: The Shallows (class II+)
- Mile 3.8: Take-out Knights Ferry
Referenced from California Whitewater by Jim Cassady and Fryar Calhoun
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