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Playspot WI Class III+

Upper Dells

Wolf - F) Sec.4: Otter Slide to Big Smokey Falls (5.96 miles) ** Access Fee ** (WI)

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Gauge Conditions
Wolf River at Langlade, WI Upstream Primary
Runnable: 150.0 – 1,000.0 CFS

~6-12"; medium runnable flow.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Upper Dells
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

I believe some people call this Teakettle, while others call it Upper Dells. A couple early smooth waves lead to a ledge/hole within the dells. (This can be sticky at some flows, but is often played. At good flows it has strong eddies drawing you back upstream river-left.) Coming out of this dells, river-left spills across a spline of rock mostly parallel to the flow, while the main (center/right) current slides off into a large rock forming a wave/hole to river-right.

Location
Type
Playspot
Difficulty
Class III+
Mile Marker
3.6 mi
Directions
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F) Sec.4: Otter Slide to Big Smokey Falls (5.96 miles) ** Access Fee **
Wolf
II-III(IV) 5.9 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater