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Rapid WI Class IV

Rock Cut (Railroad) Falls

American Whitewater 46.4580, -90.2520

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Gauge Conditions

Potato River near Iron Belt, WI Upstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

Just past a short zig-zag you'll come to a powerline crossing/clearing. Almost immediately you'll want to get out and scout from river-right (where the "Iron Horse Trail" passes through). This is one of Wisconsin's (and among the upper Midwest's) longest class IV rapids (nearly an unrelenting quarter-mile). The narrow channel is filled with action, with only a brief pause right at the (defunct) railroad bridge (now part of the "Iron Horse Trail"). Downstream of the bridge, the channel is slightly wider and the action slightly more manageable than above the bridge.