Conditions:Ruth Creek-20230911055438

Latest:	10 Sep 2023 (2 yrs ago)

Reported by:	Logan (60 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Moderate
Wetsuit:	Drysuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Special challenges
Time: "hr15min" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.	3 hours

Team: 3 people with experience level Advanced

Trip report URL:

Comments: The most clear and pristine water I've ever seen in WA. Amazing rock types. Good flow. Very aquatic in nature. 2 noteworthy rappels, 2 jumps about 15 feet, and 2 nice downclimbs. A very scenic gorge - worthy of repeat due to the low pay-to-play. The flow is just too big even at this time of year to rap in it. Many swims and small jumps. Very very cold. Neoprene cap a must to stay joyful.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
14 Sep 2025	Amazing	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Special challenges	3 hours	7 people	K arc (389 reports),Coops (140 reports),Korey (80 reports),Ames (9 reports),Sjhath (4 reports)
Comment: A great day in a spectacular canyon, even if it was a little rainy. Slid the second stage of the waterfall on R5, which goes, but not the greatest slide. A gem of a very aquatic canyon.
3 Sep 2025	Amazing	Moderate	Thick wetsuit	Advanced	2 hours	3 people Expert to Advanced	Wild Sky Adventure Guides (3 reports)
Comment: Team of 3 spent 2 hours in canyon. Incredibly beautiful canyon. At this flow level there were no special challenges, conditions were A4. Anyone who enters Ruth should have a solid understanding of swiftwater movement and Rescue. All anchors were in great condition. A true PNW gem.
15 Sep 2024	Amazing	High	Full wetsuit	Normal	2 hours	3 people Advanced	Kirbside (98 reports),AdamOtter (72 reports)
Comment: Amazing day in Ruth! Rains the night before didn't change conditions too much from the week before. We think that the colder conditions helped offset the rain as we likely had less flow from the glacier. The canyon was quite cold. For slower groups it would likely be brutally so. Overall flow was high for this region. Lots of hydraulics, strainers, pourovers and other water features. Our conditions were arguably more A5 than A4.
10 Sep 2024	Amazing	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Advanced		2 people Intermediate to Advanced	Austinabseils (1 reports)
Comment: Definitely among one of the top canyons in the area! Insanely low pay to play along with top notch beauty deep committing sections and aquatic nature make this short little canyon 5 star in my book! Take caution to make sure you do not enter in too high of water as this creek runs quite high most the year. The creek was moderate flow and even at this level there are still places that without care you could get trapped!
8 Sep 2024	Amazing	High	Thick wetsuit	Special challenges	3 hours	4 people Advanced	Coops (140 reports)
Comment: 5-start canyon for sure! Probably the closest to a New Zealand canyon there is in Washington (so far!). Incredible sculpted rock features, beautiful spicy water, mossy walls. High flow (not sure it ever gets much lower), but very manageable and in many places looked worse than it really was. Jumped a lot of the obstacles into very cold water. Flagging “Special challenge” for an easily avoidable, but entirely unescapable, siphon which is identifiable from upstream but invisible as you approach it in the water. Photo being added to the beta. A number of the anchors could do with being doubled-up. Will definitely be back in future.
10 Sep 2023	Good	Moderate	Drysuit	Special challenges	3 hours	3 people Advanced	Logan (60 reports)
Comment: The most clear and pristine water I've ever seen in WA. Amazing rock types. Good flow. Very aquatic in nature. 2 noteworthy rappels, 2 jumps about 15 feet, and 2 nice downclimbs. A very scenic gorge - worthy of repeat due to the low pay-to-play. The flow is just too big even at this time of year to rap in it. Many swims and small jumps. Very very cold. Neoprene cap a must to stay joyful.