Flows as of Nov 4, 2026, 2:50 PM MT.
Flows are informational, not a safety call. Gauge readings can be delayed, provisional, or wrong, and a gauge may be miles from the run. Rivers change fast. Check with a local outfitter or the managing agency (BLM, USFS, NPS, dam operator) before you go.
| Run | State | Class | Flow now | Status | Runnable range | Commercial season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Canyon Colorado River · Flagstaff / Marble Canyon 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Arizona | III–IV (rated 1–10 locally) | 7,740 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 2,000–48,000 cfs | Apr–Oct · dam release |
| California Salmon (Nordheimer) Salmon River · Forks of Salmon / Somes Bar | California | IV–V | 172 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 800–7,000 cfs | Apr–Jun |
| Kaweah (Three Rivers) Kaweah River · Three Rivers 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | California | III–IV | 98 cfs ↘ falling | Low Off season (commercial) | 500–4,000 cfs | Apr–Jun |
| Klamath (Happy Camp) Klamath River · Happy Camp | California | II–III | 1,270 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 700–8,000 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| Main Tuolumne Tuolumne River · Groveland 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | California | IV | no reading since Nov 1 last 99 cfs | No current reading Off season (commercial) | 500–10,000 cfs | Apr–Sep · dam release |
| Merced River Merced River · Mariposa / El Portal 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | California | III–IV | no recent data | No current reading Off season (commercial) | 400–8,000 cfs | Apr–Jul |
| South Fork American (Chili Bar) South Fork American River · Coloma / Lotus 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | California | III | 574 cfs ↘ falling | Low Off season (commercial) | 800–8,000 cfs | Apr–Oct · dam release |
| South Fork American (The Gorge) South Fork American River · Coloma / Lotus 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | California | III | 574 cfs ↘ falling | Low Off season (commercial) | 900–10,000 cfs | Apr–Oct · dam release |
| Upper Kern (Powerhouse / Lickety Split) Kern River · Kernville 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | California | II–III | 227 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 300–5,000 cfs | Apr–Aug |
| Browns Canyon Arkansas River · Buena Vista / Nathrop 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | III | gauge is shut down for the season | No current reading Off season (commercial) | 300–5,000 cfs | May–Sep |
| Cache la Poudre (Mishawaka) Cache la Poudre River · Fort Collins 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | III–IV | 45.4 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 200–3,000 cfs | May–Aug |
| Gates of Lodore Green River · Vernal, UT 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | II–III+ | 2,310 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 1,100–20,000 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| Gunnison Gorge Gunnison River · Montrose / Delta 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | II–III+ | 205 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 280–15,000 cfs | May–Oct · dam release |
| Lower Animas (Durango town run) Animas River · Durango 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | II–III | 3,690 cfs ↘ falling | Running Off season (commercial) | 1,000–6,000 cfs | May–Aug |
| Lower Clear Creek Clear Creek · Golden / Idaho Springs 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | IV | 41.4 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 300–2,000 cfs | May–Aug |
| Roaring Fork (Basalt to Carbondale) Roaring Fork River · Carbondale / Basalt 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | III | 268 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 200–1,500 cfs | May–Aug |
| Royal Gorge Arkansas River · Cañon City 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | III–IV+ | gauge is shut down for the season | No current reading Off season (commercial) | 200–3,200 cfs | May–Sep |
| Shoshone (Glenwood Canyon) Colorado River · Glenwood Springs 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | III | 551 cfs ↘ falling | Running Off season (commercial) | 500–10,000 cfs | Apr–Oct |
| Taylor River Canyon Taylor River · Almont / Gunnison | Colorado | II–IV | 60.7 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 350–2,000 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| The Numbers Arkansas River · Buena Vista / Granite 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | IV | gauge is shut down for the season | No current reading Off season (commercial) | 300–3,500 cfs | May–Aug |
| Upper Clear Creek (Lawson to Idaho Springs) Clear Creek · Idaho Springs 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | III–IV | 29.9 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 200–1,500 cfs | May–Aug |
| Upper Colorado (Pumphouse to State Bridge) Colorado River · Kremmling / Bond 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | II–III | 222 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 900–5,800 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| Yampa Canyon Yampa River · Vernal, UT / Maybell 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Colorado | II–IV | 363 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 1,300–25,000 cfs | May–Jul |
| Hells Canyon Snake River · Riggins / Lewiston 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Idaho | III–IV | 13,200 cfs → steady | No range on file Off season (commercial) | no range on file | May–Sep · dam release |
| Lower Lochsa Lochsa River · Lowell / Kooskia | Idaho | III–IV | 452 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 1,200–25,000 cfs | May–Jul |
| Main Payette (Banks to Beehive Bend) Payette River · Horseshoe Bend / Banks | Idaho | III | 842 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 800–12,000 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| Main Salmon (River of No Return) Salmon River · Salmon / Riggins 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Idaho | III–IV | 4,270 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 2,000–23,000 cfs | Jun–Sep |
| Middle Fork Salmon Middle Fork Salmon River · Stanley / Salmon 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Idaho | III–IV | 529 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 700–10,000 cfs | May–Sep |
| South Fork Payette (The Canyon) South Fork Payette River · Lowman / Garden Valley | Idaho | III–IV | 329 cfs → steady | No range on file Off season (commercial) | no range on file | May–Aug |
| Kennebec Gorge Kennebec River · The Forks | Maine | III–IV | 1,550 cfs ↘ falling | Running Off season (commercial) | 350–13,000 cfs | May–Oct · dam release |
| Alberton Gorge Clark Fork · Missoula / Alberton 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Montana | III | 3,280 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 1,200–20,000 cfs | May–Sep |
| Gallatin (House Rock / Mad Mile) Gallatin River · Big Sky 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Montana | III–IV | 381 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 450–4,000 cfs | May–Sep |
| Middle Fork Flathead (John Stevens Canyon) Middle Fork Flathead River · West Glacier 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Montana | III | 487 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 700–17,000 cfs | May–Sep |
| North Fork Flathead North Fork Flathead River · Polebridge / West Glacier 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Montana | I–III | 655 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 1,000–16,000 cfs | Jun–Sep |
| Yankee Jim Canyon Yellowstone River · Gardiner 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Montana | III | 1,120 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 500–25,000 cfs | May–Sep |
| Rio Chama Wilderness Rio Chama · Abiquiu | New Mexico | II–III | 4,320 cfs ↘ falling | Too high Off season (commercial) | 200–3,000 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| Rio Grande Racecourse Rio Grande · Pilar / Taos 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | New Mexico | III | 2,280 cfs ↗ rising | Running Off season (commercial) | 200–3,000 cfs | Apr–Sep |
| Taos Box Rio Grande · Taos 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | New Mexico | III–IV | 2,280 cfs ↗ rising | Running Off season (commercial) | 600–5,000 cfs | May–Jun |
| Hudson River Gorge Hudson River · North Creek / Indian Lake | New York | III–IV | 2.82 ft → steady 432 cfs | Running Off season (commercial) | 2.80–8.50 ft | Apr–Oct · dam release |
| Nantahala Gorge Nantahala River · Bryson City 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | North Carolina | II–III | 86.7 cfs ↗ rising | Low Off season (commercial) | 450–2,000 cfs | Mar–Oct · dam release |
| Clackamas River Clackamas River · Estacada | Oregon | III–IV | 635 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 600–10,000 cfs | Apr–Sep |
| Lower Deschutes (Maupin) Deschutes River · Maupin 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Oregon | III | 4,380 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 3,000–8,000 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| McKenzie River McKenzie River · Blue River / Vida | Oregon | II–III | 1,920 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 600–12,000 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| North Umpqua North Umpqua River · Idleyld Park / Steamboat | Oregon | III | 704 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 500–4,000 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| Upper Klamath (Hell's Corner) Klamath River · Klamath Falls / Ashland 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Oregon | III–IV+ | 959 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 700–3,500 cfs | May–Oct · dam release |
| Wild & Scenic Rogue Rogue River · Galice / Grants Pass 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Oregon | III (IV) | 1,520 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 1,200–30,000 cfs | May–Oct · dam release |
| Lehigh Gorge Lehigh River · Jim Thorpe 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Pennsylvania | II–III | 229 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 520–5,000 cfs | Apr–Oct · dam release |
| Lower Youghiogheny Youghiogheny River · Ohiopyle 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Pennsylvania | III–IV | 2.02 ft → steady 1,110 cfs | Running Off season (commercial) | 1.00–7.00 ft | Mar–Oct · dam release |
| Chattooga Section III Chattooga River · Long Creek / Clayton, GA 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | South Carolina | II–III+ (IV) | 1.18 ft → steady 186 cfs | Low Off season (commercial) | 1.20–4.50 ft | Mar–Oct |
| Chattooga Section IV Chattooga River · Long Creek / Clayton, GA 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | South Carolina | III–V | 1.18 ft → steady 186 cfs | Running Off season (commercial) | 0.90–2.50 ft | Mar–Oct |
| Middle Ocoee Ocoee River · Ducktown / Ocoee 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Tennessee | III–IV | no live gauge | No gauge Off season (commercial) | no range on file | Mar–Oct · dam release |
| Nolichucky Gorge Nolichucky River · Erwin 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Tennessee | III–IV | 1.14 ft → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 1.00–4.50 ft | Mar–Oct |
| Upper Pigeon Pigeon River · Hartford 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Tennessee | III–IV | 133 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 300–4,500 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
| Cataract Canyon Colorado River · Moab 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Utah | III–V (big water) | 21,800 cfs ↗ rising | Running Off season (commercial) | 3,000–50,000 cfs | Apr–Oct |
| Desolation & Gray Canyons Green River · Green River 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Utah | II–III | 6,290 cfs ↗ rising | Running Off season (commercial) | 900–50,000 cfs | May–Sep |
| Lower San Juan (Mexican Hat to Clay Hills) San Juan River · Mexican Hat / Bluff | Utah | II–III | 20,800 cfs ↘ falling | Too high Off season (commercial) | 500–8,000 cfs | Apr–Oct · dam release |
| Moab Daily (Fisher Towers) Colorado River · Moab 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Utah | II–III | 11,700 cfs ↘ falling | High Off season (commercial) | 1,500–15,000 cfs | Apr–Oct |
| Provo River (Provo Canyon) Provo River · Provo / Heber City 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Utah | II | no live gauge | No gauge Off season (commercial) | no range on file | May–Sep · dam release |
| Split Mountain Canyon Green River · Vernal 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Utah | II–III | 2,780 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 200–20,000 cfs | May–Sep |
| Upper San Juan (Sand Island to Mexican Hat) San Juan River · Bluff | Utah | II | 20,800 cfs ↘ falling | Too high Off season (commercial) | 500–8,000 cfs | Apr–Oct · dam release |
| Weber River (Henefer to Taggart) Weber River · Morgan / Henefer | Utah | II–III | 0.9 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 200–2,000 cfs | May–Aug · dam release |
| Westwater Canyon Colorado River · Moab / Fruita 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Utah | III–IV | 5,490 cfs ↘ falling | Running Off season (commercial) | 2,000–30,000 cfs | Apr–Oct |
| Skykomish (Index) Skykomish River · Index / Gold Bar | Washington | III–IV | 537 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 700–20,000 cfs | May–Aug |
| Wenatchee (Leavenworth) Wenatchee River · Leavenworth 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Washington | III | 346 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 1,500–20,000 cfs | May–Jul |
| White Salmon (BZ Corner) White Salmon River · BZ Corner / Husum | Washington | III–IV | 432 cfs → steady | Low Off season (commercial) | 450–2,500 cfs | Apr–Oct |
| Lower Gauley Gauley River · Summersville / Fayetteville 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | West Virginia | III–V | 3,140 cfs ↗ rising | Running Off season (commercial) | 750–15,000 cfs | Sep–Oct · dam release |
| New River Gorge New River · Fayetteville 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | West Virginia | III–IV | 2,130 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 500–15,250 cfs | Apr–Oct |
| Upper Gauley Gauley River · Summersville / Fayetteville 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | West Virginia | IV–V+ | 3,140 cfs ↗ rising | No range on file Off season (commercial) | no range on file | Sep–Oct · dam release |
| Snake River (Alpine Canyon) Snake River · Jackson / Alpine 🚣 Book a trip ↗ | Wyoming | III | 1,870 cfs → steady | Running Off season (commercial) | 1,500–30,000 cfs | May–Sep · dam release |
Status compares the latest gauge reading with American Whitewater's runnable range for that run and gauge: under the low end is Low, over the top is Too high, and the top band is High. Where we couldn't find a published range for the gauge we show, we say "no range on file" instead of guessing. Commercial season is the usual outfitter season, so a run can be in range while outfitters are closed. Flows are provisional data from USGS, Colorado DWR and California CDEC.
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