South Platte River
NE
76.9 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
60.6 km full mapped river
Current river
Real River Racing · Your pick
The line below follows the actual path of South Platte River, under its own real conditions. Same rules as the featured river. Back to the featured river.
Mellow water · Morning mist · 0.87 mi
Thread the amber gates (a miss costs two seconds), dodge the rocks, and get to the bottom fast.
AceDustyRook run the same course. Beat them to the line.
Arrows or WASD: steer, paddle harder, back-paddle. R restarts. On touch, hold the water to paddle hard: drag sideways to steer, drag down to back-paddle. Off a ledge, hold sideways to spin or up and down to flip, and land it clean for a boost. Hold Space through a bend to slide the stern out, and let go for a burst of speed. On touch, a second thumb or the Drift button slides. Tricks, shaves, gates and drifts fill the nitro; hold Shift to burn it, or the Nitro button on touch.
Course map
This course runs 0.87 mi of a 37.7 mi mapped river.
Elevation
Every river here has a live gauge reading right now. Each outline is the river’s real shape, with the simulated section marked on it. Free runs use that river’s real flow and do not count as the featured run.
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NE
76.9 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
60.6 km full mapped river
Current river
OR
51,800 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
29.7 km full mapped river
Open simulatorLA
237,000 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
25.3 km full mapped river
Open simulatorMI
51.3 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
4.3 km full mapped river
Open simulatorMI
198,000 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
15.8 km full mapped river
Open simulatorAZ
6,810 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
10.9 km full mapped river
Open simulatorND
13,300 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
41.4 km full mapped river
Open simulatorNE
5,500 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
54.9 km full mapped river
Open simulatorIN
1,130 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
11.1 km full mapped river
Open simulatorCA
11,100 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
4.9 km full mapped river
Open simulatorNE
174 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
33.5 km full mapped river
Open simulatorIN
3,950 cfs flowing now
1.2 km simulated section
4.5 km full mapped river
Open simulatorNE
275 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
21.4 km full mapped river
Open simulatorIL
24,700 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
11.5 km full mapped river
Open simulatorIL
3,510 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
19.3 km full mapped river
Open simulatorCA
1,810 cfs flowing now
1.4 km simulated section
9.7 km full mapped river
Open simulatorHow it works
The course is a real river from the map. It follows that river’s real course line and its real elevation drop, and the 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
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 South Platte River.
Section names like The Long Pool are our labels for the shape of this line, not what locals call it.
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