River Conditions

Monday, October 19th, 2026:

The weather this week is looking phenomenal for October - sunshine and highs in the mid to upper 60's all week long, even through next weekend! We got a bit of rain and wind last week and the river peaked at 320 CFS on Saturday. It has since come down to an average flow of 239 CFS. The rain and wind, though, knocked down quite a lot of our beautiful fall colors. It's still pretty out there, but I would say we are past peak colors now.

We are open today (Monday), and then by appointment only for tomorrow and Wednesday. We reopen Thursday-Sunday for our final weekend of our summer/fall season for both paddling and camping. October doesn't usually give us this many warm, sunny days - take advantage of it before our season (& warm weather!) ends!

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Please Remember: Alcohol and river-sports are a destructive mix. For safety, social, and resource protection considerations, please wait until you're off the river and off the road, before partaking of any alcohol. Please also remember that Styrofoam packaging or coolers, glass, water balloons, and firecrackers are prohibited on the river. Thanks for preventing litter by using your litter-bag and making sure all cargo is securely tied to your craft.

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Reminders for folks paddling their personal craft: If you are bringing your own craft, you will need to buy USFS Parking Passes @ $5/day, $15/week for your vehicles. Also remember that watercraft permits are required for all watercraft, including tubes, from the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend through the Monday of Labor Day Weekend for a fee of $2. Watercraft permits for the Pine and Pere Marquette Rivers on the Huron-Manistee NF's are now available on-line! To make a reservation, go directly to the Permits page. or call 1-877-444-6777

For real-time water temperature and volume measurements on the Pine click here. For other rivers visit riverscout.app.

Many people actually own their own craft, but find it much cheaper and easier to rent ours. Why? It's easy and it saves you money. When you rent from us, we pay for your boat permits and parking passes. And the bigger upside is that not having boats on the top of your vehicle improves your gas mileage, it saves you from having to load them, unload them, risk losing them, shuttle them around while here(or pay us to do your shuttle), and then wash them up and put them away when you get back home.