Latest:	15 Jun 2026 (1 month ago)

Reported by:	RopeADope (11 reports)
Location:	Hager Canyon
Quality:	Great
Waterflow:	Moderate High
Wetsuit:	Full wetsuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	3 hours

Team: 6 people with experience level Intermediate to Advanced

Trip report URL:

Comments: Ran this a few weeks prior when it was slightly higher flows, but these flows are still ripping pretty well. The undercut at the end of the Dance Floor is spicy, so recommend to have someone there to spot folks sliding into the pool at flows this high or higher. All in all, great day.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
18 Jul 2026	Great	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Normal		6 people	K arc (414 reports)
Comment: Terrific day out in Hager with super fun team. Hat's off to the folks who did the updated anchor work. Detouring to anchors along the sides was causing a ton of erosional damage. Some nice new additions.
14 Jul 2026	Great	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	7 people Intermediate to Advanced	RopeADope (11 reports)
Comment: Excellent conditions, enough flow to be fun, but not overly pushy. New anchors are great. As noted in earlier trip report days earlier, be careful if sliding R3/S3 and stay right in watercourse to avoid contact with the DCL wall (especially under the waterline).
11 Jul 2026	Good	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	6 people Intermediate to Advanced	RopeADope (11 reports)
Comment: WARNING ON S3/R3 Person in our group struck wall DCL causing severe injury on R3/S3 of RW beta. While sliding R3/S3, second person down left leg struck a part of the DCL wall under the waterline with heavy impact. Remainder of group slid farther right (didn't know about injury until everyone already down). Wrapped up injured leg and evacuated through exit just after R4. Xrays on ER visit revealed broken leg from impact as anticipated (now in aircast and healing). I ran a few days later to reexamine R3/S3 more definitively and discovered DCL wall is not totally vertical/smooth and has some small deformations causing steps/ledges/obstructions under the waterline if a body part were making contact (especially at speed since second half of the slide is basically a drop before entering water). If sliding you MUST slide farther right near right edge of the watercourse. Note: prior beta suggests depth is only 6-7' deep but nobody else touched bottom (only impact site was DCL wall).
10 Jul 2026	Amazing	Moderate	Full wetsuit		3 hours		AdamOtter (109 reports)
Comment: Great day in hager. The big slide goes. 2nd to last drop also goes. Water was chilly but not bad. Ran into another team of 3 and merged forces.
10 Jul 2026	Good	Moderate	Full wetsuit		3 hours	3 people	RFontaine (391 reports)
Comment: Decent canyon with quick approach/exit. Canyon is very short with shallow carved walls. Doesnt have the epic grandiose vibe of some of the others nearby. Very much a “waterpark” style canyon with a few jumps and slides if you are into that kind of thing. Raps are all just okay, not very memorable.. 5/4 wetsuit was plenty warm. We took the early non shuttle exit as we were told it is much quicker than the longer creek walk/shuttle option. Trails are all nicely cut in, no bushwack
15 Jun 2026	Great	Moderate High	Full wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	6 people Intermediate to Advanced	RopeADope (11 reports)
Comment: Ran this a few weeks prior when it was slightly higher flows, but these flows are still ripping pretty well. The undercut at the end of the Dance Floor is spicy, so recommend to have someone there to spot folks sliding into the pool at flows this high or higher. All in all, great day.
15 Jun 2026	Amazing	Moderate High	Full wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	6 people Intermediate to Advanced	Hangtime TexasLorenzo (4 reports)
Comment: Amazing day in Hager! Drop slide instead of R1 is great but land flat.
12 Jun 2026	Amazing	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit		2 hours	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	Highhatt (5 reports)
Comment: Amazing as always! Did a quick run in the heat if the day which made the cold water feel great. Was interesting to see some of the changes with more slides and some filled in.
7 Jun 2026	Amazing	High	Drysuit	Special challenges	5 hours	10 people Intermediate to Expert	RopeADope (11 reports)
Comment: We ran this several days in a row during a Swiftwater Rescue course. Lots of flow, several great hydros to practice rescue techniques. Undercut pool after the Dance Floor wants to pull people under after splashing in after the slide, so recommend having a spotter on the ledge ready to grab people. All-in-all, what a joy to run with this flow. Great extended weekend.
7 Jun 2026	Amazing	Moderate High	Thick wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	10 people Intermediate to Expert	Hendbc (33 reports)
Comment: Baller full run of hager as last day of swift water training. Pools are huggy and spinny but easily escapable with adequate neoprene and decent technique. Half of us wore drysuits, the other half wore medium/thick wetsuits and splash tops. No one got too cold but all were grateful to the guides for increasing the pace from instruction/scenario mode to team/gtfo mode when we hit lower hager as chills were beginning to creep in. Amazing, in a sad way, to see the massive landslide now complicating the exit from lower. Sending confidant scramblers ahead to set a hand line is helpful.
24 May 2026	Amazing	High	Thick wetsuit	Advanced		5 people Brand new to Expert	Beccap (52 reports)
Comment: Great day! Note: the flow was high but still a4. The upper section and exit have changed quite a bit. No log at the big opener slide, but it’s actually easier and more fun without the log. Debris has cleared from the pool and pothole below the opening slide, and R1 now goes as a slide! A very forceful slide, and only a few tested it, some of whom touched bottom lightly (its bedrock) so slide at your own risk. The low-angle bumpy slide at the end of the upper section is now a log downclimb. All slides were checked and clear for sliding/jumping except the narrow recirculating pool above the dance floor - the team used the traverse line to bypass that pool, so that has not been checked A large landslide at the exit makes the original exit impassable. Recommendation is to continue one more rappel and a few short drops, and take an exit canyon left that sustainably takes you to the established trail.
21 Oct 2025	Great	Moderate High	Drysuit	Special challenges	1 hour	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	AdamOtter (109 reports)
Comment: Hager today was cold!! Bring neoprene caps and gloves. Hydraulics were in play.
27 Sep 2025	Great	Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	3 people Advanced to Beginner	Treyshoe (101 reports)
Comment: Water levels are still pretty low, but all the slides and jumps are still super fun. The hydraulics are all gentle and playful at this time, but that'll probably change pretty quickly when the rain comes in this week. Overall a great day if a little chilly as always in Hager. Don't forget that extra neoprene or rain jacket for this one.
21 Aug 2025	Great	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	4 people Beginner to Intermediate	Tom Finley (6 reports)
Comment: Great day running Hager for the first time. We were in 3/4mm suits and were feeling the cold despite it being a fairly warm day.
19 Aug 2025	Amazing	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Special challenges	2 hours	4 people Intermediate to Expert	Jonahkh (3 reports)
Comment: We had a great time playing in the Hager water park. All the slides/jumps were in. The dance floor was so fun we climbed back up it to do it again since it wasn't slippery at all.