Category: Behind the Boats
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High river level update 7/1
The river level will remain high throughout the week and weekend. We were hoping for a steep drop in the river level heading into 4th of July week but we unfortunately didn’t get that. With the projected rain on Tuesday, the river is expected to hover around 20,000+ cfs. When the river is around this…
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Highwater Cancellation
We were holding out hope that river levels would drop faster than expected heading into the weekend but that doesn’t seem to be the case. We are unfortunately going to have to cancel all trips for this weekend as well. For those of you who had trips reserved we have sent emails regarding refund information.…
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Highwater Closure
Rain, rain, rain and more rain. That’s been the story of the season so far. With all the storms and wet weather Northern Wisconsin has received the river will be at moderate flood levels for pretty much all of this upcoming week. Because of this, we will be shutting down reservations this Monday 6/23 through…
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River Level/Weather Update 6/20
With all the rain and storms we’ve received in northern Wisconsin, the river will be on the higher side heading into this weekend. As of now, the Prairie du Sac dam is going to float around that 15,000cfs – 20,000cfs flow rate. This means that sandbars will be scarce out on the river and the…
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River Level and Weather Update 6/18
It looks as if the forecast has changed slightly for this week with a little less forecasted rainfall. We still have scattered thunderstorms forecasted for Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday this week. With the heat wave that’s passing through, pop up storms are always possible (yay midwest weather!) The river is still expected to rise this…
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River Level/Weather Update 6/17
Northern Wisconsin has gotten hit pretty hard with heavy rain and storms. All that rain is going to cause the river to rise Wednesday night heading into Thursday. As of now, the river level looks like it will hit its peak early on Saturday and begin to drop throughout Sunday. However, with the heat wave…
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River Level/weather Update 6/17
Northern Wisconsin has gotten hit pretty hard with heavy rain and storms. All that rain is going to cause the river to rise Wednesday night heading into Thursday. As of now, the river level looks like it will hit its peak early on Friday and begin to drop throughout Saturday. However, with the heat wave…
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River Condition/Weather update 6/13
With the decrease in heavy rain/storms, quite a few sandbars have popped back up on the river as levels have come down! The current forecast shows a possibility of scattered thunderstorms early Sunday morning and some throughout the day. For those heading out on overnights this Saturday make sure you come prepared for a little…
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River Condition and Weather update 6/9
It looks like we finally are going to get some drier weather heading into this week. This means the river level should start to come down and a nice break from the heavy rain/storms we have been getting the past 3 weeks. We have a chance of rain and some small storms Wednesday night and…
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Highwater Update 6/7
Well, unfortunately, with the heavy rain we received early this week the river level is going to spike heading into the weekend. This is going to make trips on the river not possible for the third weekend in a row. We had hoped the river level would stay at the lower level as was previously…