Spot report
🇨🇦Slave River (Rapids of the Drowned), Northwest Territories
updated 04:00 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· huge-volume ledge rapids · base: Fort Smith
Four sets of enormous-volume rapids (100,000-250,000 cfs) with routes from beginner to class VI; home of the annual Slave River Paddlefest.
Heads up · Local guide strongly advised; silty water hides swimmers
Wind
10 km/h
gusts 17 · from SE
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry at 0 °C — watch for black ice
Daylight
08:05 → 18:21
0 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🏄
SUP
RIDEABLE10 km/h — calm enough
Best windows this week
- Wed 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 6 km/h, prime · 11 h
- Thu 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 2 km/h, prime · 11 h
- Sat 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 4 km/h, prime · 11 h
This week
Today
11 km/h
-1–7 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Thu
15 km/h
-1–8 °C
🏄SUP
Fri
14 km/h
1–12 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Sat
13 km/h
4–11 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Sun
16 km/h
0–8 °C
🪂Paraglide
Mon
19 km/h
0–2 °C
⛵Sailing
Tue
14 km/h
-3–3 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 0 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 0 °C → insulated shell, gloves, warm hat
- Daylight 08:05–18:21 → golden hour from 17:21
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