April 1st 2025

Hello friends and fellow rafting people. So the update for the 2025 season is looking really good. With a dismal start to the snow year we have slowly inched our way into a fantastic looking season. What I expect is a season very similar to 2024.


Currently the Kaweah basin is officially sitting at 86% percent of April 1st normal but the April snow surveys have not come in yet! We continue to get rain (and snow in the upper elevations) and the snow pack is slowly building rather than melting.

For the Kaweah River, look for good boatable flows from now until late June with the lower river having runable flows until early July. Keep in mind that peak flows typically occur around Memorial day. Really it corresponds with the first real heat of the season with hot days and warm nights leading to a melt melt cycle. My best guess is that the high flows will be just under our cut off flows for safe rafting trips for the most part.

Looking forward to seeing you out there this season!

Kaweah River season 2023

The 2023 season is looking to be good to excellent. We have a very large snowpack in the Sierra mountains and will be able to raft well into July, maybe even August. We will be open for rafting starting April 1st. First trip on the books is April 4th at the moment. The Kaweah River flows may become fairly high for a brief time period when snow melt is at its peak. keep in mind that we will always keep your safety and well being in mind when deciding what trips to run. Hope to see you out there this summer as we take advantage of an amazing Sierra snowpack.

Hope to see you soon,

Amicaya Frediani, owner

Rafting season 2023

I am at China Peak Ski Resort as I write this and I am snowed in. The roads are R3 chain control meaning that only 4 wheel drive vehicles with chains on may travel at this time. An additional 3 to 5 feet of snow is expected overnight and 3+ feet have already fallen thus far. This is one of the biggest storms that any of the old timers can recall. What does this have to do with rafting you ask? Well, the more snow that accumulates in the Sierra, the longer our season lasts. 2023 is shaping up to be an epic season with raftable flows well into July if not early August. That is a banner year for the Kaweah River. Mountain Descents will be running trips this year for as long as we have water in the river. Join us this spring and summer for epic fun on the Kaweah. Meanwhile I am going to have some epic fun of my own riding some of the lightest, fluffiest, deepest pow that I have ever snowboarded in my life!!!

A promising 2019 Kaweah River season.

As 2019 rolls in the rafting season is looking better and better. We started with a banner snow pack for April 1st average. Then we have had cool weather on and off followed by late May snow storms. The 2019 season will be one for the record books. We will be running trips into the month of August with clear, cool river flows late into the season. Meanwhile, the whitewater right now is outstanding! The Kaweah River flowing out of Sequoia National Park has been a medium high flow of 2500 to 3500 cubic feet per sec for the last month and a half! These measurements are from the gauge in the town of Three Rivers and give us the most accurate flow measurement for our rafting run that we can get. More info can be found at The Kaweah River Page.

The season is upon us and the snow pack is outstanding!

The 2019 season on the Kaweah River is in full swing and we are running rafting trips daily. About a three and half hour drive from Los Angeles, the Kaweah River offers thrilling whitewater combined with amazing views of the the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains. Combine your rafting trip with a visit to Sequoia National Park for an outstanding combo vacation. Three Rivers California offers so much beauty and opportunity for the outdoor enthusiast, it is a must for the adventure inclined. With river-side camping and multiple hotels or Airbnb rentals to choose from, you can relax and enjoy your time off from the busy, day to day bustle. Allow Mountain Descents to show you the thrill of some of California’s most exciting whitewater rafting. Don’t miss out on this amazing spring time jewel of a river!