Accident Database

Report ID#66573

2025-07-19
accident date
n/a
victim
40
victim age
Deschutes River
river
n/a
section
Dillon Falls
location
n/a
gage
Medium
water level
IV+
river difficulty
Unknown
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
Cold Water, Inadequate Equipment, Poor Planning, Inexperience
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

A group of 6 innertubers went by the large and prominent signs warning of upcoming Dillon Falls, a 15-ft drop over sharp lava rock and into a small lava rock gorge. Three people managed to jump to shore above the falls; three were swept over the falls. Of this second group, 2 have been announced as fatalities while the third is still missing. Oregonian article