Spot report
🇺🇸Lochsa River, Idaho
updated 03:15 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· roadside class III-IV+ snowmelt river · base: Kooskia
Fifty-plus continuous class III-IV+ rapids along US 12 at peak snowmelt; Lochsa Madness draws paddlers from across the West each Memorial Day.
Heads up · Huge cold snowmelt flows; no dams, no bail-outs
Wind
6 km/h
gusts 6 · from NW
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 5 °C
Daylight
06:57 → 17:56
5 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🛶
Kayak & canoe
RIDEABLEmirror water — 6 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Wed 6am–5pmRIDEABLE
mirror water — 3 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Thu 6am–5pmRIDEABLE
mirror water — 6 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Fri 7am–5pmRIDEABLE
mirror water — 8 km/h, prime · 11 h
This week
Today
10 km/h
5–19 °C
🏄SUP
Thu
14 km/h
8–25 °C
🏄SUP
Fri
8 km/h
9–26 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Sat
13 km/h
9–23 °C
🧗Climb
Sun
7 km/h
6–20 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Mon
8 km/h
10–25 °C
🧗Climb
Tue
6 km/h
10–22 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 5 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 5 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 06:57–17:56 → golden hour from 16:56
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