Snake,

7 - Hells Canyon Dam to Pittsburg Landing (Hells Canyon)

Class III-IV

32 Miles

Avg Gradient 12 fpm

Hell's Canyon Scenery

Hell's Canyon Scenery
Photo by Chris Dawkins taken October 12, 2002 @ 9000cfs

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Updated	Level
SNAKE RIVER AT HELLS CANYON DAM ID-OR STATE LINE	7000 - 80000 cfs	01h27m	8700 cfs (rc= 0.0 )
SNAKE RIVER AT HELLS CANYON DAM ID-OR STATE LINE	7000 - 80000 cfs

River Description

See Vince's Idaho Rafting Page for some info. Also check out the GORP Hells Canyon Page. This is a permitted reach of river. See the Lottery Page for info.

Lat/Longitude data are very approximate.

Hells Canyon is the nation's deepest river canyon. The sorrounding peaks rise as much as 6000 feet above the river. The result is a very scenic 3-4 day trip with a number of class II-III rapids and two class IVs. The Wild and Scenic Snake River Boater's Guide is available from the US Forest Service, giving detailed information on campsites, rapids, and regulations. A lottery permit season runs from late May to early-mid September. Before and after the lottery season, only a self issue permit is required and can be obtained for free at the launch site.

StreamTeam Status: Not Verified

Last Updated: 2005-08-13 02:27:19

Granite Rapid and the Green Room

Detail Trip Report Edit Granite Rapid and the Green Room Snake, ID(33.55KB .jpeg)

Hells Canyon

Detail Trip Report Edit Hells Canyon Snake, ID(15.31KB .jpeg)

Hell's Canyon Scenery

Detail Trip Report Edit Hell's Canyon Scenery Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(7.21KB .jpeg)

Hell's Canyon Scenery

Detail Trip Report Edit Hell's Canyon Scenery Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(18.92KB .jpeg)

Sam runs the lower half of Wild Sheep

Detail Trip Report Edit Sam runs the lower half of Wild Sheep Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(16.56KB .jpeg)

Wild Sheep series #5

Detail Trip Report Edit Wild Sheep series #5 Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(17.72KB .jpeg)

Wild Sheep series #4

Detail Trip Report Edit Wild Sheep series #4 Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(17.12KB .jpeg)

Wild Sheep series #3

Detail Trip Report Edit Wild Sheep series #3 Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(15.40KB .jpeg)

Wild Sheep series #2

Detail Trip Report Edit Wild Sheep series #2 Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(16.47KB .jpeg)

Wild Sheep series #1

Detail Trip Report Edit Wild Sheep series #1 Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(18.50KB .jpeg)

Mark Adams runs the river left route at Granite Rapids

Detail Trip Report Edit Mark Adams runs the river left route at Granite Rapids Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(20.44KB .jpeg)

Granite Rapids

Detail Trip Report Edit Granite Rapids Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(19.75KB .jpeg)

unknown class IV

Detail Trip Report Edit unknown class IV Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(16.09KB .jpeg)

Cabin

Detail Trip Report Edit Cabin Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(22.66KB .jpeg)

Blacksmith Shop

Detail Trip Report Edit Blacksmith Shop Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(19.19KB .jpeg)

Museum

Detail Trip Report Edit Museum Hell's Canyon, Snake River, ID(17.88KB .jpeg)

Sheep Creek

Detail Trip Report Edit Sheep Creek Sheep Creek, ID(50.96KB .jpeg)

Granite Rapid

Detail Trip Report Edit Granite Rapid Sheep Creek, ID(62.68KB .jpeg)

Granite Rapid

Detail Trip Report Edit Granite Rapid Snake, ID(138.13KB .jpeg)

Mike Harmon At Granite Rapid

Detail Trip Report Edit Mike Harmon At Granite Rapid Snake, ID(581.18KB .jpeg)

Three amigos at Granite

Detail Trip Report Edit Three amigos at Granite Snake, ID(616.10KB .jpeg)

Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Optimal: 20,000 cfs, according to Vince's Idaho Rafting Page. This section, though, still has plenty of water at flows as low as 8,000 cfs. Flow is regulated by the dam, and flows rarely drop below 7000 cfs. That makes Hell's Canyon the perfect fall run when everything else is too low. Flows do fluctuate widly during the course of each day with changing releases for Hells Canyon Dam. Changes of 10,000 cfs are not uncommon.

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Updated

Level

SNAKE RIVER AT HELLS CANYON DAM ID-OR STATE LINE

usgs-13290450

7000 - 80000 cfs

01h27m

8700 cfs (rc= 0.0 )

Range	Water Level	Comment
7000.0000-80000.0000	barely runnable-high runnable

Report - Reports of Snake 7 - Hells Canyon Dam to Pittsburg Landing 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
	Sheep Creek [ID]	Sheep Creek	n/a	will reeves
	Snake [ID]	Granite Rapid and the Green Room	n/a	Matt Muir
4y48d10h56m	Snake [ID]	Three amigos at Granite	9200cfs	Mike Harmon
7y38d10h56m	Hell's Canyon, Snake River [ID]	Blacksmith Shop	n/a	Chris Dawkins
7y39d10h56m	Hell's Canyon, Snake River [ID]	unknown class IV	9000cfs	Chris Dawkins
7y40d10h56m	Hell's Canyon, Snake River [ID]	Hell's Canyon Scenery	9000cfs	Chris Dawkins
> 10 years	Snake [ID]	Granite Rapid	high water	will reeves