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Rapid WI Class II

Little and Big Murphy Rapids

Popple - C) Morgan Lake Rd to Hwy 101 (5.4 miles) (WI)

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Gauge Conditions

Popple River near Fence, WI Upstream Primary

Runnable: 200.0 – 1,000.0 CFS

Too low for reasonable whitewater. (May be paddled as a scenic float trip, but all gradient will be a scrape or carry.)

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

There is a submerged rock in the main path through the right bootleg turn at the end of the main run in Big Murphy. At flow rates below 300 this usually undetectable rock can stop, or broadside and flip a canoe. At such flow rates, staying tight to the right through the bootleg is desirable.