Gauge Description:

Paddlers typically refer to the staff gauge at Paradise (the put-in). At 1' to 3' the run is III/IV, 3' to 6' the run is IV , and above 6' the run begins to take on a class V character. Call the river office for current information 406-821-3269. The USGS realtime gauge is near Lowell (the take-out)

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

SELWAY RIVER NR LOWELL ID

usgs-13336500

700 - 35000 cfs

00h51m

1070 cfs (rc= 0.2 )

These flows are cool for kayaks. Rafts want at least 1200-1500 to navigate the river

Many paddlers use the foot gage at the Paradise Boat Launch, though this gage is not on-line.

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
700 -2000 cfs	barely runnable-perfect runnable	IV	These flows are cool for kayaks. Rafts want at least 1200-1500 to navigate the river
2001 -16000 cfs	med runnable-a bit pushy runnable	IV	Very rough estimate of high water division
16001 -35000 cfs	a bit pushy runnable-high runnable	IV	High Water!

Report - Reports of Selway 1 - Paradise to Selway Falls 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
	Selway River [ID]	Unloading gear at Shearer airstrip	420cfs - too low	n/a
190d16h50m	@Selway 1 - Paradise to Selway Falls [ID]	Selway River Trip	1800 cfs	Thomas O'Keefe
1y155d19h14m	@Selway 1 - Paradise to Selway Falls [ID]	little niagra, about 7.5'	n/a	team 85
1y155d19h19m	@Selway 1 - Paradise to Selway Falls [ID]	Somewhere in ladel, about 7.5'	n/a	team 85
3y189d06h50m	Selway [ID]	Camping on the Selway	n/a	Dave Steindorf
3y190d06h50m	Selway [ID]	Put-in on the Selway	1100 cfs	Dave Steindorf
4y156d06h50m	Selway [ID]	Shearer Airstrip Selway	420 cfs	jerry spence
4y269d06h50m	Selway [ID]	Selway	4.9 ft	Dustin Prinzing
4y285d14h50m	Selway [ID]	Rock Island Rapid	8700 cfs	Thomas O'Keefe
5y130d14h50m	Selway [ID]	Double Drop Rapid at Base Flow	550	Kevin Colburn
5y130d14h50m	Selway [ID]	The Low Water Diet	550	Kevin Colburn
5y247d14h50m	Selway [ID]	Morning on the Selway	8 ft at Lowell	Kevin Colburn
5y248d14h50m	Selway [ID]	Ladle	8ft at Lowell	Kevin Colburn
5y249d14h50m	Selway [ID]	The Gorge	8 ft at lowell	Kevin Colburn