Paddler’s Alert!

5pm

The river got big this afternoon. We are up to +8 and 600CFS, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing the rise. People are having huge fun. Tomorrow’s water levels are a big question mark. Plus 9? Plus 12? It will be very fun.

These are so fresh that the people in them are still on the river..

RJB

12:22pm

Live From Rapids Resort…

I only have a minute before the noon trip with Kosir’s goes out, but I wanted to update and let y’all know that the Peshtigo River is great and rising fast. The river is now past +6 and climbing fast. Check out the slope of the graph, and compare it to this morning’s below.

The rafters on the 9am trip had a good time and there were some good flips, swims, and people disappearing into waves. Not much getting stuck tho.

The weather is overcast but there is no rain between here and Minnesota. There might be some tonight. When I watched the noon weather forecast they said that there were equal chances of it coming north by us, staying mid-state, and hitting south. I wouldn’t rule out rain tonight, and if it hits, an inch or so.

Sunday holds prominse in the forecast. They think that the rain will clear out mid-morning and leave us with a decent day. We shall see.

Anyway, the Pesh is the best that it has been all year, and it is rising fast. They are using some rafts.  Come raft at 3 today or 10 or 1 Sunday with Kosir’s.

Gotta run!

RJB

830 am

If you are interested in rafting or paddling this weekend you should do so. The Peshtigo River shot straight up last night from 350cfs to 500 in a couple of hours. That tells me that there is a lot more coming.

We also dodged the rain last night, but the watershed got an estimated inch.

If you are into the whitewater and aren’t here, you probably should be.

Gotta run!

RJB