Gauge Conditions

Prairie River near Merrill, WI Downstream Primary

Runnable: 300.0 – 1,200.0 CFS

Likely under 150 cfs; Likely too low for decent whitewater.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

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Description

Pleasant canoe/beginner-kayak trip; Fairly continuous rock-garden rapids for about 1.25 miles, followed by a mile of dead-flat paddle-out on a backwater bay of a flowage (reservoir) on the Wisconsin River. This is likely to be done as a 'companion' run along with other short runs in the area, such as the New Wood, Pine Dells, Prairie Dells, Trappe, and so on.