Sand River – Midwest Packraft Possibility

Thanks rOg! I remember late one night poking around on Google maps and seeing the Sand and wondering if it would be a good trip. This has me thinking again!

Are there marked portages, or is it all off-trail travel?

Oh wow. Yeah, I haven't seen that map before.

I live down in Milwaukee. Interested, for sure! But the problem isn't necessarily logistics with transportation, its getting time off work. Really from late March until August I don't have the opportunity to go on long trips. Weekends at best. Then September through November I'm out of commission again.

This is a trip I'm definitely going to keep tucked in the back of my mind, now knowing more about it.

FWIW, I have initial plans this summer to do the Maah Daah Hey trail in North Dakota. 90ish miles of trail an another 100 packrafting the Little Missouri. I might put an invite on BPL once things become solidified.

Hey Travis…if you decide to do that hike/pack raft trip on the maah dah, let me know. Looks like fun and Id be game!

Diego, I'll be sure to post something about it when the time gets near.

Off topic on the thread, but I am about 50/50 on doing that exact same trip this June, have been thinking about it for about a year. I was thinking hiking the upstream route and then a canoe rental for the return trip down the Little Missouri. I'm located in Austin MN currently…

I paddled the Sand in '02- Mem Day wkend had no problems with water levels. Depends on what you are looking for-intense cold whitewater or the chance for more favorable weather and mild class I-II. If you need trip partners for a trip this spring I'd be open to considering. Send me a message or email.
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