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| RIVER: | Little Eau Pleine River |
| LOCATION: | 5 miles N.E. of Marshfield |
| PUT-IN: | Hwy.97 |
| ALT.PUT-IN: | Former railroad right-of-way off of Marsh Road |
| TAKE-OUT: | River Road at Mann Road |
| ALT.TAKE-OUT: | IF permission could be obtained, private property 1.0-1.5 miles down from Hwy.97. |
| SHUTTLE: | Mann Road (W) 2.7 miles to Stadt Road, right (N) 1.0 mile to Birch Road, left (W) 2.0 miles to CTH.E, right (N) 1.1 mile to Marsh Road, left (W) 0.7 mile to a cul-de-sac of sorts, from which an old railroad right-of-way proceeds right (N) 0.2 miles to the river. |
| DIST: | 8.0 (1.0) miles |
| TIME: | 3.0 hours |
| CLASS: | 0, I-II (III+) |
| CHARACTER: | Mostly flatwater, with one significant drop. |
| GAUGE: | Visual, at Hwy.97. Big Eau Pleine may serve as reference. Our run (at a "minimum" level) was with the Big Eau Pleine gauge at 150 cfs |
| SEASON: | Spring/rains. |
| From the upper put-in, easy, scenic class I-II boulder bed rapids proceed for the first 1.5 mile (+/-), whereupon the gradient dies, for 3.5 miles of flatwater paddle (with perhaps random occasional riffle beds) until Hwy.97. Shortly downstream a dells is encountered. The river narrows to less than 1/3 its 'normal' width, and plunges through a wild rocky gorge (class III with good water). Technical boulder bed runout (with some small islands, trees, and snags) follows before the gradient subsides again to totally placid until any available take-out. |