Safety
Management Plan
North Fork American River,
Shirttail Run (Yankee Jim Road to Ponderosa Way)
Emergency phone contact
In case of an
emergency, call 911.
Closest hospital
Sutter
Auburn Faith Hospital
11815 Education Street, Auburn
Phone: 530-888-4500
DIRECTIONS:
Take Interstate 80 Westbound to Bell Road exit in Auburn.
Turn right on Bell Road and proceed until reaching Highway 49.
Turn right on Highway 49 to Education Street (one block).
Turn left on Education Street and the hospital parking lot is the
second entrance on the right.
Ranger station
Auburn State
Recreation Area, Ranger Station
Address - El Dorado Street at Old Foresthill Road, Auburn
Phone: 530-885-4527
Hours - vary according to season
U.S. Forest
Service Tahoe National Forest
22830 Foresthill Road, Foresthill
Phone: 530-367-2224
Hours - vary according to season
Phones
Weimar -
Grocery store at Highway 80 and Weimar Cross Road, or
Colfax - Gas Station at Highway and Iowa Hill Road.
Evacuation routes
- Once you
put on the river at Yankee Jim Road, there is no good place to exit the
canyon until the take out at Ponderosa Way.
- For the
first 1/2-mile of the trip, you can possibly exit by working your way
back up stream to the put-in.
- For the
next two miles you can possible exit by climbing out of the canyon on
river right and making contact with one of the various informal trails.
- Up until
you get to Sore Finger point about 2 1/2 miles into the trip, you might
also be able to get help from one of the land owners of property
scattered on river right.
- After Sore
Finger Point, there is no way to exit until you get to the take-out at
Ponderosa Way.
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