Paddling near Marblemount, WA

Marblemount sits in Skagit County at the edge of the North Cascades, where the Wild and Scenic Skagit River runs swift and clear. The town is the primary put-in for one of western Washington's most celebrated flatwater-to-easy-whitewater paddles, with boat launches at Marblemount and downstream at Rockport's Howard Miller Steelhead Park. The upper Skagit draws kayakers, canoeists, and SUP paddlers year-round, and is especially known for winter bald eagle concentrations. Boat launches also serve the reservoir lakes — Ross, Diablo, and Gorge — behind the upstream dams.