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Rapid ID

Banks Beach (aka Bikini Beach)

Payette - 1. Banks to Beehive Bend (ID)

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Gauge Conditions

Payette River near Horseshoe Bend ID Downstream Primary

Runnable: 800.0 – 12,000.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Alternate access or lunch stop a mile down from the main put-in in Banks but before the real whitewater begins. It's at Highway 55 mile 77.9) This is also a pleasant place for non-paddlers to hang out.