Gauge Conditions

Popple River near Fence, WI Upstream Primary

Runnable: 200.0 – 1,000.0 CFS

Too low for reasonable whitewater. (May be paddled as a scenic float trip, but all gradient will be a scrape or carry.)

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

This rapids can be added to the run if you drag your boat a short ways above the bridge along the river-right. The bridge and bedrock ledge concentrate flow through this short drop. At high flow (>650 CFS) the center path leads to a large sucking hole directly under the bridge. At lesser flows the hole is a sweet s-shaped path past the brink of the hole. At low flow, the rapids ends in a confusing river-wide stone-field. Be prepared to stop or back-ferry immediately after s-shape drop.