Candy Rock (North Fork Stanislaus)
UnverifiedBeginner (0-30 ft)38.20000, -120.33000
Confirmed by 0 jumpers
Granite pools on the North Fork Stanislaus below Arnold, with a 12-foot warm-up cliff at the upper hole and a 30-foot jump plus a 25-foot natural slide into the falls pool below. Blue Streak is another mile downstream.
Jumps at this location
Upper hole
12 ft
Beginner (0-30 ft)
Falls pool cliff
30 ft
Beginner (0-30 ft)
Warnings
Drownings in the undercut channels below the falls. Very slick rock, no cell service, and a hot uphill walk out.
Access
Candy Rock Road off SR 4 near Avery; the road has been gated in recent years, making it a 1.5 to 2-mile walk with no shade to the stairs down to the river. Stanislaus NF, free.
Best conditions
Late June through September. Deadly in snowmelt.
Submitted by SmartLeap Field Research