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Rapid WI Class III

Kekoskee Dam

Rock, E.Br. - (Theresa to) Kekoskee (PnP, or unlikely run up to 13 miles) (WI)

Gauge Conditions
Rock River at Horicon, WI Downstream Primary
Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Description

A dam right at CTH.TW (Main Street in 'downtown' Kekoskee) drops about 5-6' onto shallow hardpan and sheets downstream. DO NOT RUN THIS DAM UNDER RISK OF DAMAGE TO BOAT AND BODY! At elveated flows, a wide and sweet-looking wave forms under the highway bridge.

River-left is all private residential property. River-right is D&D Pub Pizza, and is flanked by A Street (not just a street, but "A" Street!), which heads to Valley Street and a village park.

To do this as a PnP (park-and-play), launch from this park and paddle upstream (if the current and your boating skills allow!). Keep to your left (along river-right shore). As you approach the area of the bridge, water becomes shallow and rocky/grassy/weedy. At low-to-moderate flows, this allows you to 'ape-walk'/muscle-up in your boat to reach the eddy under the bridge. Strong/experienced paddlers playing the wave should be able to come off in control, and should be able to ferry to either shore beneath the bridge for repeat play.

If flows are a bit high or if you fail to be in control coming off the wave, you will likely flush past a point of no return, and will have to once again 'muscle up' the river-right shore. At high flows, it may not be attainable, but then, at such flows you are likely to have trouble staying up under the bridge to repeat play on the wave.

 

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
13.3 mi
Directions
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(Theresa to) Kekoskee (PnP, or unlikely run up to 13 miles)
Rock, E.Br.
II(IV) 13.0 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater