Payette, S. Fork,

4 - The Staircase Run (Deer Creek turnout to Banks)

Usual Difficulty	IV (may vary with level)
Length	4.5 Miles

Mystery!

Mystery!
Photo of Woody Calloway by TL taken July, 1989 @ low

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
Payette River below SF Deer Creek
virtual-6365	800 - 10000 cfs	IV	00h59m	990 cfs (rc= 0.0 )

River Description

Check out the Idaho Whitewater Association Newsletter for info re. the September blowout of Staircase Rapid, and the subsequent cleanup. Sounds as though the rapid is changed, but still fun.

Check out the description in Vince's Whitewater Page.

Lat / Longitude data are very approximate.

StreamTeam Status: Not Verified

Last Updated: 2004-12-14 12:22:55

Editors

Stream Team Editor

Rick Widmer

Kimberly, ID

Staircase Panorama, South Fork Payette

Detail Trip Report Edit Staircase Panorama, South Fork Payette Payette, S. Fork, ID(628.63KB .jpeg)

Mystery!

Detail Trip Report Edit Mystery! S. Fk. Payette, ID(16.46KB .jpeg)

Entrance to Staircase

Detail Trip Report Edit Entrance to Staircase Payette, ID(189.78KB .jpeg)

Payette SouthFork Staircase Run

Detail Trip Report Edit Payette SouthFork Staircase Run Payette, id(6.94MB .wmv)

Stuck in Hole

Detail Trip Report Edit Stuck in Hole Payette, S. Fork, ID(4.27MB .avi)

Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

This virtual gauge is the difference between the Main Payette flow at Horseshoe Bend, and the North Fork flow from Cascade Res.

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

Payette River below SF Deer Creek

virtual-6365

800 - 10000 cfs

00h59m

990 cfs (rc= 0.0 )

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
800 -10000 cfs	barely runnable-high runnable	IV

Report - Reports of Payette, S. Fork 4 - The Staircase Run and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When	River/Gauge	Subject	Level	Reporter
	Payette, S. Fork4 - The Staircase Run [ID]	Account of 05/19/09	n/a	n/a
	Payette, S. Fork [ID]	Staircase Panorama, South Fork Payette	1200 cfs	Daniel Cytron
3y318d20h25m	Payette [id]	Payette SouthFork Staircase Run	about 1,400	Gary Wilson
5y167d20h25m	Payette, S. Fork [ID]	Stuck in Hole	1150	Jerod Ready
6y79d20h25m	Payette [ID]	Entrance to Staircase	n/a	Gary Wilson
> 10 years	S. Fk. Payette [ID]	Mystery!	low	Tim Link