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Playspot WI Class II

Zig Zag Wall Wave

American Whitewater 43.0431, -87.9782

Save this feature with the run it belongs to.

Gauge Conditions

Menomonee River at Wauwatosa, WI Upstream Primary

Runnable: 125.0 – 3,000.0 CFS

Float trip with (grungy) riffles and rips.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

A temporary wall (movable cement dividers) narrows the river by nearly half. The left half of the river (to this wall) has been filled with broken rock to form an access road for heavy equipment. As a result of that narrowing (and whatever the riverbed is doing here now), a fine breaking wave is forming at many flows (all the way down into mid-100's!). This is likely to be COTF (Catch-On-The-Fly), one-shot play at any flows over 200 cfs.

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*** We have no idea what will exist here once that project is completed, and the 'road' and temporary diversion walls are removed. We'll keep you posted! ***