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Lochsa River (Lowell)

Live conditions for Lochsa River (Lowell): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

470cfs→ lowcaution
Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care · -1.5% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp
Stage2.00 ft
Gauge read 1:00 AM CDT · USGS 13337000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Lochsa River (Lowell) is a freestone river in Idaho, fished for trout, salmon, steelhead — cutthroat, rainbow, bull. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutsalmonsteelheadcutthroat troutrainbow troutbull trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

  • Whitehouse Campground Bank Accesswalk in
  • Wendover Campground Bank Accesswalk in
  • Jerry Johnson Campground River Accesswalk in
  • White Pine River Accessramp
  • Nine Mile River Accesswalk in
  • Wilderness Gateway Campground Bank Accesswalk in
  • Fish Creek River Accessramp
  • Split Creek Pack Bridge Accesscarry
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.