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Idaho Whitewater

Raft • Kayak • Canoe

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Idaho Whitewater

Raft | Kayak | Canoe


Idaho is a paradise for whitewater and kayaking enthusiasts, with its stunning rivers offering a range of experiences for all skill levels. One popular destination is the Payette River, known for its thrilling Class III and IV rapids. The South Fork of the Payette River, with its famous Staircase rapid, is a must-do for experienced paddlers looking for an adrenaline rush. For those seeking a more laid-back adventure, the Main Payette River offers beautiful scenery and fun Class II and III rapids suitable for beginners. Recommended streamflow levels for the Payette River range from 3,000 to 5,000 cubic feet per second for an optimal paddling experience.

Another top spot for whitewater enthusiasts is the Salmon River, also known as the "River of No Return." This iconic river offers a variety of sections for different skill levels, with the Middle Fork of the Salmon River being a favorite among paddlers for its remote wilderness and challenging Class IV rapids. The Lower Salmon River provides a more relaxed experience with Class II and III rapids, making it ideal for families and beginners. Recommended streamflow levels for the Salmon River range from 3,500 to 6,000 cubic feet per second for the best paddling conditions. Remember to always check current streamflow levels, wear appropriate safety gear, and paddle with a group for a safe and enjoyable whitewater adventure in Idaho.

Location Streamflow (cfs) Difficulty (class)
Headwaters To Confluence With East Fork Salmon River
347 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Three Cabins Creek
347 II-IV
Three Cabins Creek To Confluence With East Fork Salmon River
30 III
The Northern Boundary Of The Wallowa Whitman National Forest To The Confluence With The Grande Ronde River
53400 IV-III
Payette Nf Boundary On Lake Creek (Just West Marshall Lake) To To And Including Chinook Campground
1200 III-IV
Chinook Campground To Ponderosa Campground
1200 III-IV
West Fork Big Wood River To Confluence With Big Wood River
83 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With North Fork Big Wood River
347 III-V
Below Private Land In Section 2 To Nf Boundary
98 III-IV
Headwaters To Nf Boundary
98 NONE
Headwaters To Point Where Creek Turns Ne, Near Trail Creek Summit
154 IV-V
Kane Lake To Confluence With Summit Creek
154 III-IV
Arrowhead Lake To Wildhorse Campground
154 IV
Confluence With South Fork East Fork Salmon To Confluence With Unnamed Creek In Section 6
347 IV
Unnamed Creek To Sawtooth Nf Boundary
30 IV-V
Headwaters To Sawtooth Nf Boundary
30 III-IV
Pine Flats Creek To Long Gulch
1430 III-IV
Confluence With Bell Creek To Boiling Springs Cabin
1080 IV-IV
Boiling Springs Cabin To Confluence With Fool Creek
52 III-IV
Boise Nf Boundary To Confluence With Payette River
1800 III-IV
Confluence Bear Valley Creek To Fcronr Wilderness Boundary
52 III-IV
Fcronr Wilderness Boundary To Confluence With North Fork Elk Creek
52 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Elk Creek
52 III-IV
Elk Creek To Fir Creek Campground
52 III
Fir Creek Campground To Boise Nf Boundary
3620 III
Long Gulch To Boise Nf Boundary
1080 III
Deadwood Reservoir To Confluence With Warm Springs Creek
52 III
Warm Springs Creek To Confluence With Pine Creek
1430 III-IV
Pine Creek To Confluence With South Fork Payette River
1430 IV-V
Wolf Creek To Confluence With Pine Flats Creek
1430 II-III
Cataldo Mission To Coeur D'Alene Lake
2420 IV
Confluence North Fork Coeur D'Alene River To Cataldo Mission
1950 III+-IV
Kootenai River
11200 III-IV
Source, Sec. 19, T39n, R13e To Road #581 Near Moose Ck, Sec. 16, T39n, R11i
486 III-IV
Road 581, Sec. 19, T39n, R13e To Mouth, Sec. 18, T39n, R10e
486 II-IV
Dworshak Reservoir, Sec. 34, T41n, R6e To Forest Road #250, Sec. 6, T40n, R11e
4690 III-IV
Dworshak Reservoir, Sec. 19, T41n, R5e To Forest Boundary, Sec. 33, T42n, R6e
4690 III-IV
Proposed Hoodoo Wilderness Boundary, Sec. 28, T10n, R26w To Mouth, Clearwater Nf
486 III-V
Hungery Creek, Sec. 24, T35n, R8e To Lochsa River, Sec. 33, T35n, R9e
4600 IV-III
Headwaters, Sec. 3, T35n, R7e To Fish Creek, Sec. 24, T35n, R8e
4600 III-IV
Sawtooth Wilderness Boundary To Confluence With Johnson Creek
1430 III-IV
Johnson Creek To Confluence With Hunter Creek
1430 II-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With West Fork Big Lost River
154 II-III
Headwaters To Confluence With Pole Creek
3620 III-IV
Inlet To Marsh On Spring Creek To Outlet Of Marsh On Spring Creek
292 II-IV
Mainstem West Of Palisades Reservoir Including North Fork And Deadman Creek To Palisades Reservoir
13700 II-III
Mainstem And Lower 2 Miles Of North, South And Siddoway Forks To One Mile Above Trailhead
13700 IV-V
One Mile Above Trailhead To Trailhead
13700 III-V
Confluence Of North Fork Palisades Creek And Corral Canyon To Palisades Campground
13700 III-IV
Riverside Campground To Confluence With Warm River
1560 II
Pinehaven Subdivision To Riverside Campground
1130 III-IV
Northern Boundary Of Harriman Park To Pinehaven Subdivision
1130 IV
Box Canyon Summer Homes To Northern Boundary Of Harriman Park
1130 NONE
Island Park Dam To Box Canyon Summer Homes
1130 III-IV
Confluence With Bear Creek To Confluence With Hanson Creek
1050 III-IV
Boise Nf Boundary (1 Mile East Of Banks) To Boise Nf Boundary (1 Mile South Of Banks)
1800 II-III
Tie Canyon To Targhee Nf Boundary
13700 III-IV
Headwaters To Lady Face Falls
433 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Little Beaver Creek
433 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Salmon River
468 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Little Boulder Creek
30 NONE
Headwaters To Wilderness Boundary
433 NONE
Lady Face Falls To Inlet Stanley Lake
433 III-IV
Outlet Stanley Lake To Confluence With Valley Creek
433 II-IV
Headwaters To Western Boundary Line Of Section 17
433 III-IV
Confluence With Rabbit Creek To Confluence With Middle Fork Boise River
3030 III-IV
Boise Nf Boundary To Confluence With Willow Creek
3030 III-IV
Confluence With Granite Creek To Confluence With Pine Creek
3030 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Alta Creek
1910 NONE
Alta Creek To Confluence With Feather River
1910 III-V
Confluence Of Star Hope And Muldoon Creeks To Confluence With East Fork
441 III
Headwaters To Confluence With West Fork Of East Fork Big Lost River
441 III-IV
Palisades Dam To Confluence With Pine Creek
13700 IV-III
Pine Creek To Riley Diversion
13900 IV-V
Buffalo River Springs To Confluence With Elk Creek
1130 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With South Fork Payette River
433 II-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Yankee Fork
468 III-IV
Confluence Of East And West Forks To Nf Boundary
98 III-IV
Western Boundary Line Of Section 17 To Confluence With Valley Creek
433 III-IV
Headwaters To Western Boundary Line Of Section 34
433 III-IV
Western Boundary Line Of Section 34 To Redfish Lake
433 NONE
Headwaters To Inlet Redfish Lake
433 III-IV
Anderson Ranch Dam To Confluence With Mennecke Creek
2040 III-IV
Headwaters To Deadwood Reservoir
52 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With West Fork
98 III-IV
Nf Boundary At 4th Of July Creek To Confluence With North Fork
3560 II-III
Elk Creek To Slackwater Of Ponds Power Dam
1130 III-V
Headwaters Of North And South Fork And Mainstem To Targhee Nf Boundary
1540 II-IV
Source To Upper Palisades Lake
13700 IV-V
Yellowstone Np To Targhee Nf Boundary
1540 III-IV
Yellowstone Np Boundary To Confluence With Warm River
973 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Trail Creek
433 III
Trail Creek To Sawtooth Nf Boundary
433 III-IV
Outlet Redfish Lake To Confluence With Salmon River
433 III-IV
Headwaters To Sawtooth Wilderness Boundary
433 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With West Fork Big Wood River
347 III-IV
Wade Creek To Nf Boundary
301 IV
Wilderness Boundary To Confluence With Middle Fork Salmon River
3620 III-IV
Headwaters To 1 Mile Downstream Of Soldier Lake
3620 III-V
Sawtooth Wilderness Boundary To Confluence With Salmon River
433 III-V
Headwaters To Inlet Pettit Lake
433 III-IV
Outlet Pettit Lake To Confluence With Alturas Lake Creek
433 III-IV
Salt River Trailhead To Nf Boundary
292 III-IV
Unnamed Lake North Of Edwards Lake (And East/West Forks) To Targhee Nf Boundary
24 NONE
Warm River Springs To Confluence With Henrys Fork
1560 III-IV
Ponderosa Campground To Confluence With South Fork Salmon River
1200 II-III
Headwaters To Confluence With Corral Creek
56 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Button Creek
56 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Little Wood River
154 III
Smith Creek To Confluence With Main Salmon
1200 III-IV
Headwaters (Boise Nf) To Confluence With Smith Creek (Smith Creek Landing Strip) (Payette Nf)
1200 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Wildhorse Creek
154 NONE
Headwaters To Section 7
283 III-IV
Headwaters To Elk Meadow Trailhead
433 III-IV
Elk Meadows Trailhead To Confluence With Valley Creek
433 III
Confluence Of Loon And Pioneer Creeks To Phillips Creek Transfer Camp
3620 III-V
Phillips Creek Transfer Camp To Confluence With Middle Fork Salmon River
3620 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Loon Creek
3620 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Alturas Lake Creek
433 III-IV
Headwaters To Inlet Alteras Lake
433 III
Outlet Alteras Lake To Confluence With Salmon River
433 III-IV
Headwaters, East And North Fork Of The Yaak River To Yaak Falls, Sec. 4, T33n, R33w
9800 NONE
Wilderness Boundary To Fs Road 319
6140 II-III
Selway Bitterroot Wilderness Boundary, Sec. 35, T33n, R9e To Headwaters, Sec. 33, T33n, R10e
6140 III-IV
Headwaters (Sec 5, T32n, R10e) To Selway Bitterroot Wilderness Boundary
6140 NONE
Fs Road 319 To Selway River Road (Fs 223)
6140 III-IV
Salmon River, Sec. 22, T28n, R1e To North And South Forks Of White Bird Creek
18700 NONE
Salmon River, Sec. 36, T27n, R1e To Gospel Hump Wilderness Boundary, Sec. 31, T27n, R4e
18700 II-IV
Wilderness Boundary To Headwaters
18700 III+
Selway River, Sec. 16, T31n, R13e To Headwaters
3560 III-IV
East Fork Bull River, Headwaters, Sec. 13, T27n, R32w To Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Boundary, Sec. 3, T27n, R32w
6450 III-IV
Cabinet Mtns Wilderness Boundary, Sec. 3, T27n, R32w To Bull River, Sec. 12, T27n, R33w
6450 III
Crooked Creek, Sec. 10, T25n, R7e To Gospel Hump Wilderness Boundary
42 III+-IV
West Fork Yaak River
981 NONE
Gospel Hump Wilderness Boundary To Headwaters Near Hump Lake
42 III-IV
Salmon River, Sec. 23, T26n, R10e To North Boundary Frank Church Wilderness, Road #468
42 III-IV
Road No. 468, To Headwaters, Sec. 3, T28n, R12e
42 III-IV
Middle Fork Bull River, Sec. 9, T28n, R33w To Proposed Addition To Cabinet Mtns Wilderness, Sec. 12, T28n, R33w
6450 III-IV
Boundary Proposed Addition Cabinet Mtns Wilderness, Sec. To Cabinet Gorge Reservoir
6450 IV
Headwaters To Wade Creek
301 III-IV
Coeur D"Alene River, Sec. 8, T49n, R2e To Honey Mountain, Sec. 32, T53n, R1w
1950 III-IV
Cedar Creek, Sec. 6, T41n, R6e To Adair Creek
4690 III+-IV
Hgh Creek Lake To Nf Boundary
1230 III-IV
Bear Valley Lake To Trailhead
301 II-III
Trailhead To Confluence With Hayden Creek
301 III-IV
Hammer Creek To Confluence With Middle Fork Salmon River
3620 III-IV
Headwaters To Hammer Creek
12 III-IV
Adair Creek To Fish Lake, Sec. 4, T43n, R4e
4690 III-IV
Southern Boundary Of State Land To Mouth
1230 III-IV
Source To Mouth
1230 III-IV
Long Canyon Pass, Sec. 30, T63n, R2w To Forest Boundary, Road #417, Sec. 25, T63n, R2w
287 III-IV
Forest Boundary, Sec. 34, T59n, R2w To Harrison Lake, Sec. 31, T62n, R2w
1740 III-IV
Sec. 28, T30n, R13e To Boundary Selway Bitterroot Wilderness
3560 III-IV
South Fork Clearwater River, Sec. 30, T29n, R5e To Headwaters
42 III-IV
Clearwater River To Red And American Rivers Near Elk City
18 III+
Selway River, Sec. 11, T31n, R9e To Road Crossing, Sec. 14, T31n, R9e
6140 IV-V
Road Crossing, Sec. 14, T31n, R9e To Headwaters
6140 III-IV
Selway River, Sec. 10, T32n, R12e To Headwaters All Forks
3560 III-IV
Selway River, Sec. 22, T32n, R11e To Headwaters
6140 IV-V
Idaho State Line To Confluence With Beaver Creek
1230 III-III
Headwaters To 1 Mile Downstream Of Cut Throat Lake
3620 IV
Sawtooth Nra To Confluence With Wolf Creek
1430 III-IV
Just West Of Crystal Lake To Trailhead
446 III-IV
Antelope Creek J19
1340 III-IV
Joseph Creek
53400 III-IV
Dry Creek
98 III
Cow Creek
166 II-III
Little North Fork Clearwater River
3090 III-IV
Summit Creek
106 III-IV
West Fork Morgan Creek
166 III-IV
Canyon Creek
446 IV-V
Lolo Creek
4600 III
Pole Creek
1340 III-IV
Vineyard Creek
9 III-IV
Pahsimeroi River
98 V-IV+
Noon Creek
1340 II-III
Squaw Creek
62 III-IV
Petes Creek
1340 IV
South Fork Payette
1080 III-IV
East Fork Salmon River
30 III-IV
Lake Creek
1350 III-V
Mahogany Creek
98 III-IV
Clearwater River
18 III-IV
French Creek
1350 III-IV
Teton River
1450 III
Bayhorse Creek
62 III-III
East Fork Big Lost River
154 III-IV
Pleasant Valley Creek
1340 II-IV
Thompson Creek
30 III-IV
Piute Creek
1340 III-IV
Herd Creek
154 III-IV
Yatahoney Creek
1340 IV-V
Jump Creek
250 III-IV
Little Owyhee River
1340 III-IV
South Fork Snake River
13700 II-IV
Bitch Creek
1540 III
Juniper Creek
1340 III+
Corral Creek
1340 III
Boulder Creek
14600 III-IV
Cabin Creek
1340 III-IV
Bald Mountain Canyon Creek
1340 III-IV
Lund Creek
4690 IV-IV
Nickel Creek
1340 III
Little Lost Lake Creek
3090 III-IV
Big Lost River
154 III/IV-V
Rock Creek
14600 III-IV
Dukes Creek
1340 II-IV
North Fork Boulder Creek
14600 IV-V
Lost Lake Creek
3090 IV-V
Current Creek
1340 III-IV
Snake River
12200 III-IV
Salmon River
30 III-IV
Deep Creek
1340 III-IV

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