May 2, 2013
| Reporter | andy magness |
A team of 5 ran a LONG stretch of the Little South on April 30th at dead on 3000 CFS. It was incredible (for north dakota). the first and last third (roughly) had lots of class two and a few substantial sections of class three, and the middle third was easier flatwater and class one riffles - but still nice and fast. We'd been eyeing this stretch for some time waiting for it to peak and this was our day. After reading the other comments i'm interested in running it at lower stretches but will respectfully disagree that 250 CFS is anywhere near the upper limit of runnable. We put in at 116th ave NE (Mona road). Upstream of this the water had backed up creating a lake of sort as the culvert under the road reached max capacity. The put in was adjacent to the roiling malestrom pool that served as an outlet. Catching this high water run in the spring will typically require a dry suit or other cold weather gear - the water is COLD. Occasionally the river reaches 1000-2000 CFS after significant rain events. I intend to try it at lower levels - but it was an awful lot of fun at 3000! Rodeo baby!