Raccoon
B) Commerce Ledges (Walnut Woods SP), near Des Moines (PnP)
April 25, 2025
Trip Report
| Reporter | Daniel Pfeifer |
| Gauge Reading | 1400 cfs at Raccoon River at 63rd Street at Des Moines, IA |
| Flow | Low Flow |
The 3 features are were washed out at some point in the past and are fairly small now. I would say it was class II-, or lower, at this level. All 3 are fairly shallow. None of the features has any wave that was surfable, and the Eddie lines were above manmade rock jetties, or near strainers so there is no opportunity to play.
It was a difficult attainment to reach the features. I did 2 portages across sandbars to get to the top feature. where one 1/3-car sized boulder creates some decent squirt lines that were deep enough.
It was neat to visit, but it's not worth the trip again.