Whitewater Run MI Class II-IV

Hwy.41 Wayside to Old US Hwy.41 (2.7 + 7.8 miles)

Tioga

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Gauge Conditions
Sturgeon River near Sidnaw, MI Downstream Primary
Runnable: 1,000.0 – 4,000.0 CFS

Likely too low for reasonable whitewater run. (We need your input! Add a comment about gauge reading and corresponding runnability/difficulty of this run.)

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
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Description
Put-in is from a roadside park on Hwy.41 The main feature on the run is Tioga Falls (about 2 miles downstream). Take-out is after a L-O-N-G paddle out on the Sturgeon River. (While our rapids/features list includes waypoints and rapids down this stretch, our gradient statistics cited above are ONLY for the Tioga, and do not include this paddle-out).

Hazards & Portages (1)

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Dam/Weir? Hazard
Dam/Weir?
9.2 mi
Difficulty
Class II-IV
Length
9.4 mi
Gradient
43 ft/mi
max 60
Rapids
12
1 Hazard
Access Points
Put-in
46.5732, -88.3398
Take-out
46.6147, -88.4528
Difficulty Classes
I Easy II Novice III Intermediate IV Advanced V Expert/Extreme VI Unrunnable
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater