Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

USGS gauge at Goldbar. (also available through the NOAA hotline 206-526-8530). Although you can certainly paddle this section much higher than 4000 cfs, it starts to become a bit less suitable as a beginner training ground. The rapids don't become significantly more hazardous as levels rise, but the current is faster and rescues can become more challenging. Those with a strong roll and good boat control skills shouldn't have much problem up to 10,000 cfs at which point features start to wash out.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
SKYKOMISH RIVER NEAR GOLD BAR, WA
usgs-12134500 1300 - 4000 cfs II 00h34m 2850 cfs (rc= 0.6 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
1300 -4000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable II

Report - Reports of Skykomish 2 - Railroad Bridge to Big Eddy and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
4y117d05h03m Skykomish2 - Railroad Bridge to Big Eddy [AL] 35598.jpeg 5000 Dave Bowman