Ogden Play Park
The Ogden Kayak Park offers an urban park-n-play experience just outside of downtown Ogden. The park offers good fun from about 150 cfs up to 1000 cfs. The park was built in the year 2000 at the urging and with the help of local kayakers. It was the first professionally designed play-park in Utah and really drew attention to the area as a kayaking destination. Two years later, in 2002, more rock was brought in, and the bottom two holes were moved, and a the old dam that formed the second hole was demolished, leaving a large pool with amphitheatre style banks. Most of the time boaters will play at the first hole then float through the bottom two when it is time to get out. There is a bike trail on river left and a bridge just upstream of the first hole that provides a good vantage point for onlookers. Fifty yards upstream of the park is a low-head dam or wier that can provide a good popup if one of the gates is open. During late summer and low water years the park is less a destination for kayakers and more a local hangout and swimming hole. During medium flows it is offers a great place for beginning and intermediate boaters to get in some friendly hole surfing. And in high water it consists of three fairly intimidating wide holes that can take a little work to get out of.
Suggested river levels for paddling this section of the Weber River are between a bare minimum of 150cfs and a high of 1,000cfs.
River conditions sourced from USGS 10137000, the Weber River At Ogden
Remember only watercraft are permitted
at Ogden Play Park.
Run Stats
Status | Runnable |
Class Level | III- |
Elevation | 4,279 ft |
Run Length | 0.1 Mi |
Gradient | 80 FPM |
Streamflow Discharge | 239 cfs |
Gage Height | 4.2 ft |
Air Temperature | 96° |
River | Weber River |
Reporting Streamgage |
Weber River At Ogden
USGS 10137000 |
Gauge | Streamflow | Stage |
---|---|---|
East Canyon Creek Near Jeremy Ranch
USGS 10133800 |
15 cfs | 4.7 ft |
Little Cottonwood Creek @ Jordan River Nr Slc
USGS 10168000 |
61 cfs | 1.1 ft |
Mcleod Creek Near Park City
USGS 10133600 |
8 cfs | 6.2 ft |
Provo River At River Road Bridge
USGS 10155200 |
172 cfs | 0.9 ft |
Farmington Cr Abv Div Nr Farmington
USGS 10142000 |
11 cfs | 0.6 ft |
Jordan River @ 1700 South @ Salt Lake City
USGS 10171000 |
143 cfs | 3.4 ft |
Goggin Drain Near Magna Utah
USGS 10172630 |
88 cfs | 9.3 ft |
Lost Creek Near Croyden
USGS 10132500 |
37 cfs | 1.6 ft |
Ogden River Nr Gibson Avenue At Ogden
USGS 10140700 |
84 cfs | 6.1 ft |
Little Bear River At Paradise
USGS 10105900 |
10 cfs | 5.1 ft |
Snotel Site | Snowpack | 24hr Change |
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atwater study plot
SNOTEL ATH20_MADIS |
8" | 0" |
Campground | Campsites | Reservations | Toilets | Showers | Elevation |
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Ski Area | Snowpack | Air Temperature | 5 Day Forecast |
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Powder Mountain | -1" | 83° | 0" |
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort | 66" | 73° | 0" |
Snowbasin | 0" | 84° | 0" |
River Run | Streamflow | Length | Class |
---|---|---|---|
Rainbow Gardens | 153.0cfs | 3.0 Mi | III to IV- |
Mouth of Weber Canyon to Riverdale | 0.77cfs | 10.0 Mi | III |
Logan Town Run | 127.0cfs | None Mi | II+ to III- |
Ogden Narrows | 153.0cfs | 2.0 Mi | III+ to IV |
Riverdale Wave | 0.77cfs | 0.18 Mi | III- |
Morgan Waterfall | 0.77cfs | 0.1 Mi | III+ |
Staircase Section - 2nd Dam to 1st Dam | 127.0cfs | None Mi | IV+ to V- |
Park and Ride to Old Mill Catch Pond | 92.3cfs | 1.25 Mi | IV to V |
Below Ogden Play Park | 239.0cfs | 3.0 Mi | II |
Scrambled Eggs Bend | 308.0cfs | 4.0 Mi | IV |
3rd Dam to 2nd Dam | 144.0cfs | None Mi | II+ to III |
Ogden Play Park | 324.0cfs | 0.06 Mi | III- |
Lower Ogden | 153.0cfs | 2.5 Mi | III+ |