Shift Keys ("SK")
Milwaukee - C) Estabrook Park to N.Riverboat Road (PnP or up to 3.6 miles) (WI)
Gauge Conditions
Intermediate flow. Perhaps ideal flows for beginner-to-intermediate boaters (full run or PnP at EPL, UPk, TD or North Ave). (See description for details.)
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Description
Shifting more toward center-river (below Carriage Return), a few wider wave/troughs often form (generally at levels 800-1600 cfs). Some of them tend to surge, cresting and flattening out (at least at some flows), which can make them difficult to catch and ride. If your timing is right, they make a great challenge to see how long you can ride a constantly-changing wave!
And, I will confess these may be bending and stretching the analogy just a bit. On the typewriter/keyboard, the "Shift" keys are positioned at lower-left and lower-right, while these waves form pretty much dead-center-river. However, I liked keeping with the 'special-function' keys rather than naming them "V", "B", or "N" waves (after the letter-keys more lower-center on the keyboard, especially since "N-Wave" has been the chosen name for a playspot up in Neenah, at a pipe-outflow/bypass at the dam forming Lake Winnebago.)
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (20)
Waterfall
N/A
Waterfall
II+
Playspot
II
Playspot
I
Hazard
II
Playspot
II
Playspot
II+
Hazard
II
Rapid
N/A
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
American Whitewater