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Yellow Medicine River near Granite Falls, MN Upstream Primary

Runnable: 400.0 – 2,000.0 CFS

Too low for reasonable whitewater trip. (We lack first-hand awareness here. Please add a comment or report.)

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

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Description

There appears to be random boulder-bed rapids scattered down this entire reach. A popular stretch is Sorliens Mill to Upper Sioux Agency Park. Numerous alternate access points exist for trips of varying lengths. Short boulder-bed rapids and standing waves in river with high steep banks. A fine (9 minutes 44 seconds long) video documentary, with some history of the area, exists on YouTube: Or . . . a quick (35 second) excerpt showing a couple of the typical (low-grade, class I-II) rapids.