Rogue River

Grave Creek to Foster Bar (wild section) · Class II–IV · OR

Lottery

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No reading

Snapshot from Oct 22, 2026. Live reading loading.

Runnable range 1,000 to 8,000 cfs. This is a draft estimate that paddlers have not reviewed yet.

Season

Permit season May 15 to Oct 15, runnable year-round

Character

About 34 miles of the Rogue National Wild and Scenic River through the Wild Rogue Wilderness, with lodges, big rapids like Rainie Falls and plenty of wildlife.

Watch for

Rainie Falls and Blossom Bar are the committing spots on the run.

Gauge

USGS 14372300
Rogue River near Agness
No reading in the Oct 22, 2026 snapshot.

Permit

LotteryOpens Dec 1, in 28 days.

Apply Dec 1 to Jan 31. Results by Feb 15. One of the easier lotteries to win.

How to apply (BLM)Official page

Fees and rules

$10 per person per trip, due at least 10 days before launch or the reservation is cancelled.

Regulated use season is May 15 to Oct 15. Off-season permits (Oct 16 to May 14) are self-issued. The BLM and Forest Service allow 120 people per day to launch into the wild section. Payments for winning reservations go to the BLM Smullin Visitor Center at Rand.

Source: BLM Rogue River permit page, describing the 2026 lottery. 2027 dates are assumed to match; confirm on the BLM page.

Snowpack

Rogue River (Oregon)Early season

Snow water equivalent 0.0 in. Early season — median too low for a meaningful %.

Outlook indicator, not a flow forecast. Spring temperatures, rain, soil moisture, dust on snow and reservoir releases also matter. NRCS SNOTEL data as of Nov 1, 2026 (provisional).

See basin snowpack

Draft details for paddlers to review and edit. Community voting on runnable ranges is coming.

Trip reports

Wavetrain is an early build. Flow readings are USGS provisional data and may be revised. Runnable ranges and run details are drafts for paddlers to review. Permit dates and rules come from the agency pages linked on each permit and can change. Snowpack figures come from NRCS SNOTEL stations, are provisional, and are grouped into basins by watershed, so they may differ from official NRCS basin reports. Nothing here replaces scouting, local knowledge or a conversation with a nearby outfitter.