Spot report
🇨🇦Kicking Horse River, British Columbia
updated 03:30 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· glacial class III-IV canyon · base: Golden
Glacial class III-IV through the Lower Canyon beside Yoho National Park makes Golden the Canadian Rockies' rafting hub.
Heads up · Cold glacial water; Lower Canyon closes at high flows
Wind
9 km/h
gusts 9 · from E
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 7 °C
Daylight
08:10 → 18:56
7 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🏄
SUP
RIDEABLE9 km/h — calm enough
Best windows this week
- Thu 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 3 km/h, prime · 11 h
- Sat 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 4 km/h, prime · 11 h
- Sun 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 2 km/h, prime · 11 h
This week
Today
24 km/h
5–15 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
6 km/h
5–18 °C
🏄SUP
Fri
12 km/h
4–17 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Sat
14 km/h
3–14 °C · 3 mm
🧗Climb
Sun
7 km/h
2–10 °C
🏄SUP
Mon
10 km/h
3–10 °C
🏄SUP
Tue
8 km/h
2–13 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 7 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 7 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 08:10–18:56 → golden hour from 17:56
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