Spot report

🇨🇦Chilko River, British Columbia

updated 02:45 local · open-meteo

🌀 Whitewater· continuous class IV wilderness river · base: Williams Lake

Lava Canyon's 20 km of continuous class IV below Chilko Lake is the longest continuous whitewater in North America, run as multi-day trips.

Heads up · Remote fly-in or long gravel road; grizzly country

Season · suits advanceds

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Wind
13 km/h
gusts 31 · from SW
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 3 °C
Daylight
07:39 → 18:24
3 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0

What's rideable right now

Wind

Water

Mountain

River

🪂

Paraglide

RIDEABLE

13 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely

Best windows this week

  • Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE

    15 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 12 h

  • Sun 7am–6pmRIDEABLE

    11 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 12 h

  • Fri 12pm–6pmRIDEABLE

    11 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 7 h

This week

Today

14 km/h

0–12 °C

🛶Kayak & canoe

Thu

9 km/h

0–16 °C

🏄SUP

Fri

18 km/h

2–15 °C

🏄SUP

Sat

18 km/h

1–8 °C · 1 mm

⛵Sailing

Sun

17 km/h

-1–7 °C

⛵Sailing

Mon

7 km/h

-1–7 °C · 5 mm · 3 cm snow

🏄SUP

Tue

7 km/h

-2–6 °C · 2 mm · 1 cm snow

🏄SUP

bars: daily max wind · best sport each day

Pack list

  • No water temp inland → judge by air — 3 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
  • 13 km/h → foil, or your biggest kite
  • UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
  • 3 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
  • Daylight 07:39–18:24 → golden hour from 17:24

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