Red Cedar
Hwy.12 in Menomonie to CTH.D in Irvington (0.5 - 3.9 miles)
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Log in to add a reportWalk up river on the trail to get to the waves. There are several nice spots to slide in.
Down river view of the two surfing spots
This is the put in right next to the large bridge that goes over the Red
Beginner surfing, much better at 4000csf
Much larger standing wave. Great surf especially at higher water.
If you are just looking for some play spots you can shorten the run that is listed here and take out at the Hwy 29 bridge. There is a park on both sides of the road and you can take out at either one. The run is approximately a half mile long and there is an asphalt path that follows the river up to the put-in making it easy to park at Hwy 29 and carry your boat up to the put-in. Below Hwy 29 there are some riffles but mostly flat water, nothing playable.
Ran section from just below the dam down to the Hwy 29 bridge (only about a half mile). The river is very high right now (~4800 cfs). There are several new strainers down with the high water. Most of the features that are present throughout the summer have been washed out and replaced with large standing waves. The water is moving very fast right now, usually during summer they have one gate on the dam barely open and right now two gates are letting a lot of water through.