Daily Rapids · Free run · Sep 2
Free run: Detroit River, MI
A side channel off the daily. Same rules, but this is Detroit River under its own real conditions, and the course resets with everyone else's at midnight UTC. Back to today's scored run.
Big water · 0.87 mi
Detroit River, MI
Today's course runs 0.87 mi of the real Detroit River, MI, a 9.8 mi mapped river.
Course map
Elevation
Thread the amber gates, miss the rocks, and get to the bottom fast.
Arrows or WASD: steer, paddle harder, back-paddle. On touch, drag on the water: sideways steers, up and down set your pace.
Run a different river
Any of these has a live gauge reading right now. Free runs use that river's real flow and do not count as the daily.
How it works
Every day at midnight UTC the run moves to a new river from the map. The course follows that river’s real course line, and the day’s speed, wave size, and rock count come from its live USGS streamflow. Low water is slow and rocky; big water is fast and wavy.
Today’s water
- Flow: 195,000 cfs
- Gauge height: 574.23 ft
- Gauge: DETROIT RIVER AT FORT WAYNE AT DETROIT, MI
A game, not a guide
This is a stylized time trial. The gates and rocks are invented, and nothing here says anything about how hard or safe the real river is. Real conditions change fast, so check the river’s page and local guidance before you get near actual water. See the real Detroit River.
