Briggs Woods Spillway/Ditch 166

Groovy, nice to see all the added information for Iowa. Just a few pieces of info about ditch 166 / Briggs Woods -- The photo on the main page there was taken by me, of Jayd Janovich around 1996 or 97 and is actually the third ledge. Since the last time I saw the ledge around 2003, there has been considerable erosion lowering the drop height. I had to laugh when I saw the photo of the 'unintentional mystery move' because that was a feature back then too. In fact, we lost one of the Ioaw State University Kayak Club's best paddles there on that trip for exactly that reason. And I've spent a fair amount of time pinned to the bottom of that rapid myself.

Anyway, keep the faith. Nice to see there's someone still trying to kayak Iowa.

Same drop as the cover photo.

Ledge 3 (Baptismal Plunge) in foreground with ledge 2 in back.
Unintentional mystery moves are the norm on this drop. Nate Hoogeveen in bg watches as Ty gets a couple seconds of downtime.
Nate gets some downtime in his creeker.