Playspot MI Class II+

Warm-up Waves

Sturgeon (Baraga) - C) Sturgeon Canyon: Hwy.41 to Upper Falls (0.75 miles) (MI)

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Gauge Conditions

Sturgeon River near Sidnaw, MI Downstream Primary

Runnable: 250.0 – 600.0 CFS

Generally too low for decent whitewater run.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Action starts pretty mild (from put-in next to the Hwy.41 bridge). As you round a left-hand bend, things quickly build, with a couple fairly aggressive (at good flows) waves and holes. Some could be nearly full-out freesyle havens, but for what lies so near downstream.