MRI-logo

Return to the "Put-in" (Home page) Format of descriptions Disclaimers
RIVER: Red River, "Middle Red"
        LOCATION: Gresham, WI

PUT-IN: City park
TAKE-OUT: City park

           SHUTTLE: Carry back to your car.

                   DIST: 0.2 mi.
TIME: PnP

CLASS: II-III
    CHARACTER: A short stretch of river between a dam and the next flowage.

GAUGE: Visual. The U.S.G.S. @ Morgan (on main Red River upstream) may provide some indication, but it is hard telling for sure what will be in this short piece of channel without just going there.
            SEASON: Early spring or after heavy rain.

Below_the_Dam We have been "intrigued" by this short stretch of river for a while now, though we have not bothered to suit up and boat it. From the base of the dam the river swings right, through a couple nice waves (virtually in the back yard of a house river left), then swings left again.
Under_the_Bridge As it heads toward and under the bridge, it drops through a couple of great looking holes. These would mostly be catch-on-the-fly play.
River_Wide_Wave Immediately downstream is a river-wide ledge/wave. At the right levels, this looks like playtime supreme. The river then splits around a shrubby rock-rubble island, through rocky channels to be consumed by the flowage behind the next dam. (This lower dam is the one which releases into the "Lower Red," a popular beginners run.)

For questions, constructive comments, additions, corrections, and concerns click here. (Will open a new window . . . close it to return here.)