With California's historic snowpack beginning to melt, whitewater rafting companies are preparing for the best season they've seen in years.
COLOMA -- 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.
A series of powerful storms dumped record amounts of rain and snow across California this winter, replenishing rivers and reservoirs and bringing an end — mostly — to the state's three-year drought.
The conditions are a sharp contrast to recent years, which were among the driest on record. Guides relied on scheduled releases of water from upstream dams to be able to offer trips a few days a week, and the seasons often were short, ending in late summer. This year rafting companies are planning to operate seven days a week, and well into the fall.
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.
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