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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 Difficulty Updated Level
SNAKE RIVER AT HELLS CANYON DAM ID-OR STATE LINE
usgs-13290450 7000 - 80000 cfs III-IV 01h06m 19200 cfs (rc= 0.2 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
7000 -80000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable III-IV

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
4y179d19h34m Snake [ID] Three amigos at Granite 9200cfs Mike Harmon
7y169d19h34m Hell's Canyon, Snake River [ID] Blacksmith Shop n/a Chris Dawkins
7y170d19h34m Hell's Canyon, Snake River [ID] unknown class IV 9000cfs Chris Dawkins
7y171d19h34m Hell's Canyon, Snake River [ID] Hell's Canyon Scenery 9000cfs Chris Dawkins
> 10 years Snake [ID] Granite Rapid high water will reeves