Spot report
🇨🇦Kananaskis River, Alberta
updated 03:30 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· dam-release class II-III river · base: Canmore
Canoe Meadows and the Widowmaker course, with scheduled Barrier Dam releases, are Alberta's teaching and slalom venue an hour from Calgary.
Heads up · Release-schedule dependent; cold mountain water
Wind
16 km/h
gusts 23 · from S
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 8 °C
Daylight
08:02 → 18:49
8 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🪂
Paraglide
RIDEABLE16 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely
Best windows this week
- Fri 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
15 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 11 h
- Sat 8am–4pmRIDEABLE
14 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 9 h
- Sun 8am–4pmRIDEABLE
13 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 9 h
This week
Today
34 km/h
3–13 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
15 km/h
-2–15 °C
🏄SUP
Fri
17 km/h
4–15 °C
🧗Climb
Sat
28 km/h
2–15 °C
⛵Sailing
Sun
16 km/h
0–9 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Mon
8 km/h
1–10 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Tue
12 km/h
0–12 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 8 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- 16 km/h → 10–12 m kite, big board
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 8 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 08:02–18:49 → golden hour from 17:49
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