OREGON RIVER RUNS

April 19 2025
       

Oregon is a whitewater enthusiast's paradise, offering a variety of thrilling river runs for kayakers and rafters of all skill levels. One popular destination is the Rogue River, known for its stunning scenery and exciting rapids. The "Nugget Falls" section is a favorite among paddlers, featuring class III-IV rapids and breathtaking views of the surrounding wilderness. Recommended streamflow levels for the Rogue River range from 2,000-8,000 cubic feet per second for optimal conditions.

For those seeking a more challenging adventure, the North Umpqua River is a must-visit spot. The "Boulder Flats" section boasts class IV-V rapids, providing an adrenaline-packed experience for experienced paddlers. With streamflow levels between 800-1,500 cubic feet per second, this river offers a thrilling ride through steep canyons and rocky terrain. As with any whitewater excursion, safety is paramount. Be sure to always wear a life jacket, helmet, and proper gear, and consider taking a guided trip if you're unfamiliar with the river. Happy paddling!

Kayak

Location Streamflow (cfs) Difficulty (class)
Headwaters At 4800 Ft Contour Line To Boundary Of The Cave/Underground River Styx.
534 NONE
Headwaters To Forest Road 960
534 III-IV
Headwaters At Hard Creek Lake To Payette Nf Boundary
19000 NONE
Headwaters To Confluence With Vance Creek At Payette Nf Boundary
19000 III-V
Springs Sec 30, T21s, R8e To Wickiup Reservoir
70 II
Deschutes Nf Boundary To Paulina Lake
1470 II-III
Mt. Hood Wilderness Boundary To Confluence With Sandy River
1370 III-IV
Confluence With Echo Creek To Hills Creek Reservoir
1550 III-IV
Lower Timpanogas Lake To Confluence With Echo Creek
171 NONE
Headwaters To North Section Line Of Sec 17, T4s, R5e
2 IV-IV
North Section Line Of Sec 17, T4s, R5e To Slackwater North Fork Reservoir
2 III-IV
Rm 15 To Rm 26 (Above Confluence Of Limestone Creek)
1010 III-III+
Rm 26 To Rm 32 Confluence With Wsr
1010 II-IV
Rm 7 To Rm 15 (Town Of Beaver)
1010 III-IV
Confluence With Sampson Creek To Downstream Crossing Of Western Siuslaw Nf Boundary
1120 III-IV
Headwaters To Three Sisters Wilderness Boundary
954 III-IV
Three Sisters Wilderness Boundary To Cougar Reservoir
954 III-IV
Below Cougar Dam To Confluence With Mckenzie River
268 II-IV
Russel Lake To Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Boundary
1360 III-IV
Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Boundary To Confluence With Breitenbush River
814 NONE
Breitenbush Lake To Confluence With North Fork Breitenbush River
138 III
Upstream Crossing Of Eastern Siuslaw Nf Boundary To Confluence With Sampson Creek
1120 III
Head Of Tide To Confluence Of North And South Forks
1330 III
Confluence Of Lake Creek To Launch Site At Wildcat Creek
1980 NONE
Headwaters To Boulder Creek Wilderness Boundary
140 IV-V
Little Falls To Confluence With North Umpqua River
601 III-IV
Eagle Cap Wilderness Boundary To Confluence With Eagle Crek
673 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Van Patten Creek
673 III-III+
Confluence With North Fork Breitenbush River To Detroit Reservoir
814 III+
Opal Lake To Confluence With Battle Axe Creek
814 III-IV
Battle Axe Creek To Willamette Nf Boundary
1600 III-IV
Headwaters To Mt Jefferson Wilderness Boundary
725 II-IV
Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Boundary To Highway 22
725 III-IV
Highway 22 To Confluence With Rainbow Creek
1360 III-V
Confluence Of Siwash Creek To Little Falls
601 III-IV
Headwaters Of East Fork Steamboat Creek To Confluence With Siwash Creek
601 III-IV
East Section Line Of Ne1/4se1/4 Of Sec 16, T21s, R10w To Confluence With Smith River
1980 NONE
Eastern Siuslaw Nf Boundary To East Section Line Of Ne1/4se1/4 Of Sec 16, T21s, R10w
1980 NONE
Headwaters (Just North Of Confluence Of Mf Five Points Creek) To Wallowa Whitman Nf Boundary
673 III
Little Lava Lake To Crane Prairie Reservoir
954 III+
Crooked River National Grassland Boundary To Confluence With Deschutes River
760 II-IV
Source To Confluence With Deschutes River
1470 III-IV
Source To Confluence With Metolius River
1710 III-IV
Headwaters Of Sevenmile Creek To Confluence With Latiwi Creek
147 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Unnamed Creek West Of Bruler Creek
121 III-IV
Confluence With Unnamed Creek West Of Bruler To Willamette Nf Boundary
483 III-IV
Middle Santiam Wilderness Boundary To Willamette Nf Boundary
483 III-IV
Sevenmile Creek To Willamette Nf Boundary
770 III-IV
Timothy Lake Dam To Slackwater Of Harriet Lake
692 III-IV
Rogue Umpqua Wilderness Boundary To Confluence With North Fork Rogue River
322 III-V
Headwaters To Sw1/4 Of Sec 1, T33s, R4e
436 NONE
Sw1/4 Of Sec 1, T33s, R4e To Rogue River Nf Boundary
436 NONE
Confluence Of North And South Forks Rough And Ready To Middle Of Sec 15, T40s, R9w
534 III-IV
Middle Of Sec 15, T40s, R4e To Siskyou Nf Boundary (East Section Line Of Sec 13, T40s, R4e)
534 III-IV
Confluence With Lightening Gulch To Confluence With Josephine Creek
1640 III+
Middle Of Sec 15, T39s, R4e To Confluence With Canyon Creek
1640 III-IV
Headwaters To Middle Of Sec 15, T39s, R4e
1640 III-IV
Headwaters Including Both Unnamed Forks And Rr Lakes To Confluence With Rough And Ready Creek
534 IV-V
Falls (Nw1/4 Of Sec 15, T36s, R9w) To Confluence With Silver Creek
3990 NONE
Little Silver Lake To Confluence With Silver Creek
1390 III-IV
Landslide (Se1/4 Of Sec 33, T35s, R10w) To Confluence With West Indigo Creek
7440 NONE
Falls (Sw1/4 Of Sec 24, T35s, R10w) To Confluence With Silver Creek
1390 NONE
Confluence With Breezy Creek To Confluence With West Fork Indigo Creek
7440 IV-V
Confluence With Chief Creek To Confluence With Breezy Creek
7440 III-IV
West Indigo Lake (Sw1/4 Of Sec 26, T34s, R7w) To Confluence With East Fork Indigo
7440 NONE
Silver Falls (Ne1/4 Of Sec 5, T36s, R9w) To Confluence With Illinois River
3580 NONE
Confluence Of East And West Forks Indigo Creek To Confluence With Illinois River
3580 III-IV
Confluence With Jump Creek To East Section Line Of Sec 36, T19s, R10w
1980 IV
East Section Line Of Sec 36, T19s, R10w To South Section Line Of Sec 32, T19s, R10w
1980 III-IV
Eastern Siuslaw Nf Boundary To Confluence With Jump Creek
1980 IV+
Confluence With Sucker Creek To Confluence With South Fork Coquille River
493 III-IV
Headwaters To Confluence With Johnson Creek
493 III-IV
Coquille River Rna Boundary (Western) To Siskiyou Nf Boundary (North Section Line Sec 6, T32s, R11w
493 III-IV
Coquille River Falls (Eastern Boundary) To Coquille River Falls (Western Boundary)
7440 III-IV
Headwaters To Rogue Umpqua Wilderness Boundary
322 III
Clay Creek Campground To Siuslaw Falls
242 III-IV
Confluence Of North And South Forks To Headwaters Of South Fork
85 III-IV
Wildcat Creek Launch Site To Clay Creek Campground
242 III-IV
Siuslaw Falls To Confluence Of North And South Forks
85 III-IV
Confluence Of North And South Forks To Headwaters Of North Fork
85 III-IV
Confluence Clear And Coe Creeks To Mt. Hood Nf Boundary
307 IV-V
West Section Line Of Sec 31, T12s, R6e To Middle Santiam Wilderness Boundary
121 NONE
Headwaters To Blue River Reservoir
19 III-IV
Headwaters And Perennial Tributaries To West Section Line Of Sec 31, T40s, R10w
947 II-IV
West Section Line Of Sec 31, T40s, R10w To Confluence With North Fork Smith River
947 III-IV
Rm 47 To Rm 52 (Upper End Of Nestucca River)
11 III-IV
County Boudary (Confluence With Wsr) To Rm 47 (Lower End Mcguire Reservoir)
11 III-IV
Mccoy Creek
242 III
South Umpqua
842 III-IV
Sixes River
729 III-IV
South Fork Gate Creek
5150 III-IV
Willow Creek
242 III+
Quines Creek
182 IV-V
Big Butte Creek (Incl South Fork Big Butte Creek)
3550 III-IV
Trask River
668 III-IV
Cheney Creek
1590 III-IV
Mud Creek
242 III-IV
North Fork Gate Creek
5150 III-IV
Alsea River
17 III-IV
Tualatin River
631 II
South Fork Little Butte Creek
1740 III-IV
Rock Creek Complex (Klickitat County)
9990 III-IV
Willamette River
12900 NONE
Middle Santiam River
483 III
Big Alvord Creek
242 IV-V
North Santiam River
2540 III
Nehalem River
2180 II-III
Little Applegate River
15 III-IV
Kilches River
2180 III-IV
Riffle Creek
197 III-IV
Dry Cr M15
2470 II-III
Lake Creek
17 IV-IV
Middle Fork Malheur (Including Bluebucket Creek)
45 III-IV
South Yamhill River
1080 III/IV
Little Cottonwood Creek
242 NONE
Clackamas River
2630 III-IV
Fall Creek Eugene
121 III-IV
Drift Creek
1410 III
South Fork Coquille River
729 III-IV
Siletz River
1110 II-III
North Fork Clackamas River
2080 III-IV
Luckiamute River
928 II-III
Little Luckiamute River
1110 III-II
Elk Valley Creek
197 III-IV
Fall Creek Salem
1410 III-IV
South Fork Trask River
11 III
Home Creek
242 NONE
Pike Creek
242 III-IV
Left Fork Foots Creek
245 III-IV
Mckenzie River Seg B
5750 III-IV
Applegate River
1060 III-IV
Yaquina River
1110 III-IV
Siuslaw River Seg C
304 III-IV
Nelson Creek
17 III-IV
Mckenzie River Seg A
5150 III-IV
South Fork Coos River
14 III-IV
Threemile Creek
242 III-IV
Sams Creek
3550 IV
Wilson River
21 III-IV
North Fork Trask River
770 III-IV
Nestucca River Seg B
1080 III-IV
Siuslaw River Seg B
304 III-IV
Antelope Creek
245 III-IV
Joseph Creek
4450 III-IV
Carter Cr Sf
2470 III-IV
Grande Ronde River (Lower)
4450 III+
Sandy River
1300 V-IV
West Fork Illinois River
1600 III-IV
North Fork Siletz River
1110 III-IV
Rogue River
2400 III-IV
Howard Creek Seg A
10200 III-IV
North Fork John Day River
3200 NONE
Little North Santiam River
1530 III-IV
Hard Creek
19000 III-IV
Hazard Creek
19000 III-IV
Lobster Creek
17 III-II
Cow Creek
182 III-IV
Howard Creek Seg B
10200 III-IV
Molalla River Seg B
1 III-IV
Umpqua River
3380 II-IV