River Databases

American Whitewater

Dream Flows

Eddy Flower

Environment Canada

Professor Paddle
Default is set to Washington, but all states plus some Canadian provinces are on a drop-down menu

If you know of a good database that is not listed here please email it to rochelle@eriverboarding.com.

River Classifications

From a web translation, better than straight English. Riverboarding is generally practiced in class III or higher. There is some debate whether or not a class VI can be survived, as once it is succesfully run, it is usually downgraded.

• Class I: EASY. Current regular and small whirlpool.
• Class II: EASY. Quick light requiring some maneuvering.
• Class III: DIFFICULT ENOUGH. River with a pronounced gradient, the raft can meet pretty strong eddies, waves can be high and erratic.
• Class IV: DIFFICULT. River with violent rapids with big waves and strong continuous rolls.
• Class V: VERY DIFFICULT. River only for experts, the rollers can keep the raft.
• Class VI: CLOSING OF THE AIRWORTHINESS. River with rapids requiring extensive recognition and assessment of the opportunity to face them.