Cascade, Minnesota, US
|
|
A) FR157 to CR45 (3.5 miles) (Upper)
| Usual Difficulty |
II(IV) (for normal flows) |
| Length |
3.5 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient |
63 fpm |
| Max Gradient |
84 fpm |
unnamed (or unknown name) falls
unnamed (or unknown name) fallsPhoto of Dave Bayer by Rob Smage @ +2
River Description
This reach consists of fairly continuous class II (+/-) boogie water. The main exception comes
where a fair size island splits the flow. The left side has at least one good line, but is pretty
meaty, and leaves little margin for error as the outflow heads quickly toward the lower falls.
The right side begins with a short ledge (and potentially grabby hole, easily skirted tight
left), then a short pool before a wide, uniform slide (with more water tight left by the island)
into another pool. From here, one has plenty of room to line up for a good line down the lower
falls. Just right of center, a tongue of water (and grunge-down-rock) makes an easy line into the
pool at the base. (Other more gutsy routes may be possible.) Below, the river continues its
continuous class II nature the rest of the way to the take-out at CR45.
(Description based on run at +2" on the Hwy.61 'hip' gauge.)
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2009-11-21 22:00:08
No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. 
