Milwaukee

Instream work at Estabrook Park Ledge (to facilitate fish passage for Northern Pike and Lake Sturgeon) is nearly complete. This is what remains of this once iconic spot on the river.

Tony Catania playing the eddy line at Timber Dam

Neighborhood groups are funding projects to improve the area around Riverboat Road to turn this area into a park. Included in those projects has been a significant improvement to the landing. Formerly there was a steep sloping old concrete slab, with fist-sized-rock path leading uphill. Steps of quarried rock have been created down at water level, and the path has smaller, much more 'foot-friendly' gravel/chip surface. (Hopefully this will not erode too much with heavy rains . . . I have my doubts.)

Neighborhood groups are funding projects to improve the area around Riverboat Road to turn this area into a park. Included in those projects has been a significant improvement to the landing. Formerly there was a steep sloping old concrete slab, with fist-sized-rock path leading uphill. Steps of quarried rock have been created down at water level, and the path has smaller, much more 'foot-friendly' gravel/chip surface. (Hopefully this will not erode too much with heavy rains . . . I have my doubts.)

As noted in main 'Flow Description', there is very little reason to do this run at this (2730 cfs) flow. While there is very little that would be 'dangerous' (save river-right at Estabrook Park Ledge), almost everything is just washed out.

At high water, the ledge is completely swallowed up, and this area is filled with river-wide waves and holes.

The U-Park Ledges (from bike path up in the trees).
U-Park Ledges, from upstream.
The main ledge/wave at U-Park.
Timber Dam, view from higher on shore
Closer to river-level view of Timber Dam.
View looking down onto Plague at Locust.
More or less river-level view of the Plague at Locust .

(Photos courtesy of Boris Glick)

Bob (near) and Mike (center) show the two 'pockets' of Shadow Wave at North Avenue.

Mark surfs his way down the features at North Avenue ('Shadow', 'Typewriter', 'Set up waves', and 'Showboat').

Rob uses the great eddyline here to practice intitiating a low-angle cartwheel maneuver.
Brett Kreuser practices bow-stall and pirouette maneuvers at Timber Dam.