Peshtigo, Wisconsin, US

E) Roaring Rapids: Otter Ck to W.P.S. Landing (5.3 miles)

First Drop

First Drop
Photo of Dave McWethy by Thomas O'Keefe taken 07/07/96

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
PESHTIGO RIVER NEAR WABENO, WI
usgs-04067958	250 - 1020 cfs	II-III	65d22h59m	437 cfs (rc= 0.4 )
	Low-to-moderate flow; ~0-6" on bridge gauge.

River Description

This stretch has been billed as "the midwest's longest continuous whitewater," a bit of advertising hyperbole which may be true only with the additional qualifier of being runnable most of the summer, and (thereby) served by commercial rafting enterprises.

A 2.3 mile mostly flat-but-flowing access paddle (with a few 'warm-up' rapids), and a 1.0 mile flat paddle-out, give you access to 2.0 miles of good gradient and rapids.

The major drops are named (with lack of imagination) "1st drop", "2nd drop", "3rd drop", "Five Foot Falls", "Horserace", and "S-curve".
Additionally of 'note' is a sweet little ender spot (well, stalls and squirts in modern playboats) on river-right between 2nd drop and 3rd drop.

The take-out is a W.P.S.Landing which is a half-mile south of CTH.C.