Month: July 2019

  • Can…can I say the word? Summer?

    I haven’t seen a forecast this good in a long, long time. Aside from great weather to be outside in, this dry sunny stretch should really help drive down those recent high water levels to their late summer lows. I’d expect sandbars to be out in force by roughly Wednesday (though we’ve already got a…

  • Looking mighty fine

    River levels are dropping quickly and as expected. We will just barely be able to squeeze trips out tomorrow (Friday) with Saturday and Sunday looking pretty good considering all of the rain that just made it’s way through the system. If the mostly dry forecast ahead holds, we should be near normal flow rates and…

  • Bitchin’

    Update: 7/24 12:12pm Nailed it. Dam at Castle Rock just dropped to 10.5kcfs (my graph doesn’t reflect this at time of post but my data straight from the source below does) which should get us to ~13kcfs here with room for error under our 15kcfs cap. I’m expecting this flow rate to mostly hold through…

  • Because it couldn’t be that easy…

    Update: July 20, 2019 7:04am Water is beginning its drop and should be reasonable tonight (still fine as is at 12kcfs but will be happier below 10kcfs for extra sandbar availability). Forecast models look to be bringing a single storm through sometime this afternoon with some lingering rain and then clearing out for the evening/Sunday.…

  • Quintessential Canoe Camping Conditions

    Quintessential Canoe Camping Conditions

    It only took half the season but we’re finally into the idyllic summer canoe camping conditions. Water levels have returned to seasonal norms so sandbars are out in force. Water temps are like bath water but still cool enough to escape the 90+ heat. Forecast is typical mid-summer with heat, humidity, and chance of a…

  • Finally! Great Conditions

    I rate this coming July 12-14 weekend a solid 7.5 out of 10. Sandbars are popping out left and right today and water levels will continue their big drop for the next few days at least. They could be a little lower (thus the 2.5 point deduction) given this will be one of the three…

  • A few more days and we’ll be there

    [Quick update: 7/8 1:47pm – Flow rates up north have dropped by half (18kcfs to 9kcfs) so by Wednesday afternoon we’ll be in the clear with sandbars coming on strong shortly after] The weather forecast looks amazing (finally!). The next 10 days are mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s. Water levels are still…

  • Wait just a dam minute

    Update: 1:12pm 7/5/19 Water is back up (about 6″ too high), overnight trips are cancelled but day trips are still on. Should be good to go for overnight trips by early next week. This time of year, water will drop quickly to low levels and lots of sandbars. Update: 10:56am 7/2/19 Well this just got…