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Playspot WI Class II+

Lower Krueger Falls

Sauk Creek - * UPDATE 2025.09.05 Sketchy wood, but doable * Conservancy to S.Wisconsin St. (1.18 mile or 0.3 mile PnH) (WI)

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Gauge Conditions
Menomonee River at Menomonee Falls, WI Upstream Primary
Runnable: 200.0 – 750.0 CFS

Almost certainly too low (but you could check its stick-gauge for possible low-water minimums). (Stick-gauge under 13.9' is a total scrape.)

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Lower Krueger Falls
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

After the brief pool under the bridge, the bedrock slopes away. At moderate flows, there will be some very interesting diagonal waves and holes which skilled boaters may wish to surf-on-the-fly. The final one has a short pool and decent eddies which can allow some (minor) repeat play. At high flows, this develops a wide (potentially retentive) hole.

Downstream, the stream-bed turns to rocks and concrete rubble, forming class I-II runout which continues almost unabated to the take-out (at least, at higher flows).

NOTE: I have walked the stream at minimal flows, and there IS a significant (extreme) amount of concrete slabs and rubble, with rough irregular edges. Anyone upside-down or out of their boat will be punished severely! (DO NOT TRY TO STAND UP IN ANY CURRENT!!!) Surprisingly, there is NOT a significant amount of rebar (metal reinforcing rod) as some people have rumored. (I'm not saying NONE, just not what I would call anything close to significant.) 

Location
Type
Playspot
Difficulty
Class II+
Mile Marker
0.2 mi
Directions
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* UPDATE 2025.09.05 Sketchy wood, but doable * Conservancy to S.Wisconsin St. (1.18 mile or 0.3 mile PnH)
Sauk Creek
II-III(IV) 1.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater