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Playspot WI Class II

Malted Milk (MM) / Horlicks Extra Lite (HEL)

Root - B) Horlick Dam to Quarry Park (0.2 - 0.6 mile) (WI)

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Gauge Conditions
Root River at Racine, WI Upstream Primary
Runnable: 150.0 – 3,600.0 CFS

Too low.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Malted Milk (MM) / Horlicks Extra Lite (HEL)
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

The name derives from a former Racine claim to fame. The Horlick company patented a Malted Milk process and sold products worldwide for nearly a century.

At low to moderate flow (250-800 cfs), sloping bedrock and minor ledge (river-left, right-center of photo) form a playable wave (it barely deserves the same name, so at these levels it's ' Horlick's Extra Lite' or 'H.E.L.').

At higher flow (about 1200-1500 cfs), "Malted Milk" appears as this dishes out into a wide, glassy wave. Soul surfs (with a bit of dynamic kick) often gather a gallery of spectatators on the Northwestern Avenue bridge just behind and overhead.

This feature may wash-out or surge and become chaotic at flows over 1800-2000. While it may offer some great surfs for those in longer (faster hull) boats, it is less predictable or assured than at more moderate levels.

Location
Type
Playspot
Difficulty
Class II
Mile Marker
0.0 mi
Directions
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B) Horlick Dam to Quarry Park (0.2 - 0.6 mile)
Root
II(III) 0.6 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater