WAC 352-60-140. Designation of whitewater rivers and river sections

Whitewater river outfitters must comply with the provisions found in RCW 88.12.245 through 88.12.275 when operating on whitewater rivers or sections of rivers of the state as set forth in this section. (1) As provided by RCW 88.12.265 , whitewater rivers of the state include the following rivers and sections of rivers: (a) Green River above Flaming Geyser state park; (b) Klickitat River above the confluence with Summit Creek; (c) Methow River below the town of Carlton; (d) Sauk River above the town of Darrington; (e) Skagit River above Bacon Creek; (f) Suiattle River; (g) Tieton River below Rimrock Dam; (h) Skykomish River below Sunset Falls and above the Highway 2 bridge one mile east of the town of Gold Bar; (i) Wenatchee River above the Wenatchee County park at the town of Monitor; (j) White Salmon River. (2) Additionally, the commission designates the following sections of rivers as having at least one class III rapid or greater, as described in the Safety Code of the American Whitewater Affiliation. River sections designated in this section are based on information published in the American Whitewater Affiliation's Nationwide Whitewater Inventory , 1990 edition: washington river sections—class iii or greater River Section(s) Miles Class County American Hells Crossing (Victory Hall Creek) 4.5 IV Yakima Baker North Cascades National Park to Baker Lake 2.7 IV Whatcom Beckler Rapid River to mouth 7.7 III King/Snohomish Boulder Boulder Falls to mouth 5.0 III Snohomish Canyon Creek 10 mi. upstream of mouth to mouth 10.0 V Snohomish Carbon Fairfax Bridge to 0.5 mi. below Lily Creek 4.0 V Pierce Cascade Marble Creek Campground to bridge above mouth 8.1 V Skagit Chehalis Bridge at Fisk Falls to Pe Ell 12.6 III Lewis Chiwawa Huckleberry Campground to Wenatchee River 11.0 III Chelan Cispus F.R. 23 Bridge/Doe Creek to F.R. 28 Bridge 11.9 IV Lewis Cispus F.R. 28 Bridge to Cowlitz River 17.2 III Lewis Cle Elum Big Boulder Creek to Salmon la Sac Creek 6.9 IV-V Kittitas Clearwater Bridge to Confluence with White River 4.0 III Pierce Deer Creek Bridge at Rick Creek to mouth 11.0 IV Snohomish/Skagit Dosewallips Elkhorn Campground to Six Mile Bridge 5.0 III Jefferson Duckabush Wilderness area boundary to mouth 7.2 IV Jefferson Dungeness Dungeness Forks Camp hatchery 5.1 IV Clallam Entiat Entiat Falls to Brief 9.0 III Chelan Finney Creek Finney Creek Rd. Bridge to bridge at mouth 16.5 IV Skagit Foss Bridge 3.2 mi. upstream of mouth to mouth 3.2 IV King Grande Ronde Troy (OR) to Snake River at Heller Bar 39.0 II-III Asotin Graywolf Wilderness area to lower Graywolf River trailhead 15.0 IV Clallam/Jefferson Hamma Hamma 7.5 mi. above guard station to mouth/Hood Canal 14.4 I-III Mason Hangman/Latah Creek 3 mi. below Rattler Run Creek to California Creek 10.0 IV Spokane/Whitman Humptulips/E. Fork Flatbottom Creek to Boise Bridge 16.7 III Grays Harbor Icicle Creek Josephine Lake to Wenatchee River 18.0 IV-VI Chelan Kalama Elk Creek to Indian Creek 19.0 III Cowlitz Lewis Lower Falls to Rush Creek 3.3 IV Skamania Lewis Rush Creek to bridge above Swift Reservoir 7.4 III Skamania Lost Pasayaten Wilderness Area to mouth 5.6 II-V Okanogan Mashel Eatonville to bridge above mouth 4.6 IV Pierce Miller Confluence of E. and W. Forks to S. Fork Skykomish 3.7 IV Snohomish Nisqually McKenna to Tank crossing 1 mi. above Muck Creek 7.0 III Thurston Nooksack N. Fork Nooksack Falls to Douglas Fir Campground 4.9 III Whatcom Nooksack N. Fork Mt. Baker Wilderness to Nooksack Falls 12.3 IV Whatcom Nooksack N. Fork Douglas Fir Forest Campground to Mt. Baker Highway Mile Post 27 9.6 II-III Whatcom Peshastin Creek Confluence Trosen Creek to Wenatchee 13.5 III-V Chelan Pilchuck Creek Lake Creek to above falls 5.1 IV Snohomish Pilchuck Creek Falls to Highway 9 4.7 IV Snohomish Raging I-90 to mouth 4.0 III-IV King Rapid Road end to mouth 5.0 IV Snohomish Ruby and Granite Creek Confluence with Beebe Creek to Ross Lake 5.4 IV Whatcom/Skagit Satsop/Middle Fork Kelly Hall Rd. to Turnow Rd. 16.0 III Grays Harbor Sitkum Bridge 0.2 mi. below Rainbow Creek to mouth 2.5 III Clallam Skykomish N. Bear Creek to mouth 12.7 IV Snohomish Skykomish S. Commonwealth Creek to 0.5 mi. below Boxley Creek 4.0 II-III Snohomish Snoqualmie/Middle Fork 2.5 mi. below Pratt River to Sallal Prairie 8.5 IV King Snoqualmie/Middle Fork Cripple Creek to Taylor River 4.5 IV King Spokane People Parks to Seven Mile Rd. 10.8 III Spokane Stillaguamish N. Confluence/S. Branch to bridge below Moose Creek 8.0 V Snohomish Stillaguamish S. Mallardy Creek to Verlot 9.0 III Snohomish Stillaguamish S. Verlot to Granite Falls 12.3 V Snohomish Sultan 1 mi. below Culmback Dam to mouth 15.5 IV Snohomish Taylor Bridge to mouth 1.0 III King Tolt S. Fork Bridge to Confluence/N. Fork Tolt 5.9 V King Toutle State Route 504 Bridge to Tower Rd. Bridge/Cline Creek 9.5 III Cowlitz Twisp Confluence N. Fork and S. Fork to mouth 28.2 III Okanogan Tye Carroll Creek to Confluence/Foss River and Beckler River 3.0 IV King White Bridge 1.5 mi. above W. Fork to Old Pond Creek 22.1 III Pierce White Chuck Glacier Peak Wilderness Boundary to mouth 6 mi. below bridge 10.9 IV Snohomish Wind Ranger Station near Stabler to High Bridge 7.5 V Skamania Wynoochee End of road 0.5 mi. above Falls Creek to Geisler Creek 48.3 II-III Grays Harbor River Section(s) Miles Class County American Hells Crossing (Victory Hall Creek) 4.5 IV Yakima Baker North Cascades National Park to Baker Lake 2.7 IV Whatcom Beckler Rapid River to mouth 7.7 III King/Snohomish Boulder Boulder Falls to mouth 5.0 III Snohomish Canyon Creek 10 mi. upstream of mouth to mouth 10.0 V Snohomish Carbon Fairfax Bridge to 0.5 mi. below Lily Creek 4.0 V Pierce Cascade Marble Creek Campground to bridge above mouth 8.1 V Skagit Chehalis Bridge at Fisk Falls to Pe Ell 12.6 III Lewis Chiwawa Huckleberry Campground to Wenatchee River 11.0 III Chelan Cispus F.R. 23 Bridge/Doe Creek to F.R. 28 Bridge 11.9 IV Lewis Cispus F.R. 28 Bridge to Cowlitz River 17.2 III Lewis Cle Elum Big Boulder Creek to Salmon la Sac Creek 6.9 IV-V Kittitas Clearwater Bridge to Confluence with White River 4.0 III Pierce Deer Creek Bridge at Rick Creek to mouth 11.0 IV Snohomish/Skagit Dosewallips Elkhorn Campground to Six Mile Bridge 5.0 III Jefferson Duckabush Wilderness area boundary to mouth 7.2 IV Jefferson Dungeness Dungeness Forks Camp hatchery 5.1 IV Clallam Entiat Entiat Falls to Brief 9.0 III Chelan Finney Creek Finney Creek Rd. Bridge to bridge at mouth 16.5 IV Skagit Foss Bridge 3.2 mi. upstream of mouth to mouth 3.2 IV King Grande Ronde Troy (OR) to Snake River at Heller Bar 39.0 II-III Asotin Graywolf Wilderness area to lower Graywolf River trailhead 15.0 IV Clallam/Jefferson Hamma Hamma 7.5 mi. above guard station to mouth/Hood Canal 14.4 I-III Mason Hangman/Latah Creek 3 mi. below Rattler Run Creek to California Creek 10.0 IV Spokane/Whitman Humptulips/E. Fork Flatbottom Creek to Boise Bridge 16.7 III Grays Harbor Icicle Creek Josephine Lake to Wenatchee River 18.0 IV-VI Chelan Kalama Elk Creek to Indian Creek 19.0 III Cowlitz Lewis Lower Falls to Rush Creek 3.3 IV Skamania Lewis Rush Creek to bridge above Swift Reservoir 7.4 III Skamania Lost Pasayaten Wilderness Area to mouth 5.6 II-V Okanogan Mashel Eatonville to bridge above mouth 4.6 IV Pierce Miller Confluence of E. and W. Forks to S. Fork Skykomish 3.7 IV Snohomish Nisqually McKenna to Tank crossing 1 mi. above Muck Creek 7.0 III Thurston Nooksack N. Fork Nooksack Falls to Douglas Fir Campground 4.9 III Whatcom Nooksack N. Fork Mt. Baker Wilderness to Nooksack Falls 12.3 IV Whatcom Nooksack N. Fork Douglas Fir Forest Campground to Mt. Baker Highway Mile Post 27 9.6 II-III Whatcom Peshastin Creek Confluence Trosen Creek to Wenatchee 13.5 III-V Chelan Pilchuck Creek Lake Creek to above falls 5.1 IV Snohomish Pilchuck Creek Falls to Highway 9 4.7 IV Snohomish Raging I-90 to mouth 4.0 III-IV King Rapid Road end to mouth 5.0 IV Snohomish Ruby and Granite Creek Confluence with Beebe Creek to Ross Lake 5.4 IV Whatcom/Skagit Satsop/Middle Fork Kelly Hall Rd. to Turnow Rd. 16.0 III Grays Harbor Sitkum Bridge 0.2 mi. below Rainbow Creek to mouth 2.5 III Clallam Skykomish N. Bear Creek to mouth 12.7 IV Snohomish Skykomish S. Commonwealth Creek to 0.5 mi. below Boxley Creek 4.0 II-III Snohomish Snoqualmie/Middle Fork 2.5 mi. below Pratt River to Sallal Prairie 8.5 IV King Snoqualmie/Middle Fork Cripple Creek to Taylor River 4.5 IV King Spokane People Parks to Seven Mile Rd. 10.8 III Spokane Stillaguamish N. Confluence/S. Branch to bridge below Moose Creek 8.0 V Snohomish Stillaguamish S. Mallardy Creek to Verlot 9.0 III Snohomish Stillaguamish S. Verlot to Granite Falls 12.3 V Snohomish Sultan 1 mi. below Culmback Dam to mouth 15.5 IV Snohomish Taylor Bridge to mouth 1.0 III King Tolt S. Fork Bridge to Confluence/N. Fork Tolt 5.9 V King Toutle State Route 504 Bridge to Tower Rd. Bridge/Cline Creek 9.5 III Cowlitz Twisp Confluence N. Fork and S. Fork to mouth 28.2 III Okanogan Tye Carroll Creek to Confluence/Foss River and Beckler River 3.0 IV King White Bridge 1.5 mi. above W. Fork to Old Pond Creek 22.1 III Pierce White Chuck Glacier Peak Wilderness Boundary to mouth 6 mi. below bridge 10.9 IV Snohomish Wind Ranger Station near Stabler to High Bridge 7.5 V Skamania Wynoochee End of road 0.5 mi. above Falls Creek to Geisler Creek 48.3 II-III Grays Harbor