Brule
B) Northern Light Lake to Sauna Bath Rapid (12 miles)
| Difficulty | I-III(V) |
| Length | 12 mi |
| Avg Gradient | 13 fpm |
| Reach Info Last Updated | April 29, 2015 |
River Description
Rating in parenthesis is for Sauna Bath Rapid (class IV-V) which may be omitted by taking out before.
We are unsure of precise access points (put-in/take-out) for this run. Anyone with specific information is encouraged to help out your fellow boaters by using the 'Add a Comment' button which should appear (to all logged-in users) below.
River Features
USGS site, Brule
A USGS sampling site (used for random 'Field Measurements') lists drainage at this point of 88.8 square miles.
USGS site, S.Brule
A USGS sampling site (used for random 'Field Measurements') lists drainage at this point of 76.5 square miles.
Combined, this implies a drainage somewhere over 165 square miles at the put-in listed for this run.
Possible alternate access
This is the listed take-out for an upper reach of this river. Using this as access for the current reach adds 2.5 miles or so of flatwater, however it may make for a more likely (more passable roads?) shuttle. Either shuttle route is quite long (nearly an hour each way, according to GoogleMaps).
Put In
Brule Valley Trail
If access is possible here, you could cut your trip length considerably. (Land both sides of river may all be private property, necessitating permission.) Upstream appears to be mostly low-grade rapids interspersed with flatwater, while downstream appears to find somewhat more stout rapids.
start of more significant rapids
Take Out
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