Category: Behind the Boats
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Officially Summer
We’re looking at a week of highs in the upper 80s and humid, i.e. summer! Water levels look to be receding back to their long term averages and sandbars are coming out in force. Long story short, this coming weekend looks great!
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Who wants to flip a coin?
6/19/19 Update: We won the coin flip! Water levels 36 hours upstream have now dropped below where we need them to be and will continue to drop over the weekend. That means all trips Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are officially on. Water levels are still above normal and sandbars will be smaller than usual but,…
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Nice while it lasted!
It’s a breezy one today. Gusts to 30mph – the kind of wind you hunker down in and wait for the evening calm to make any progress. Luckily, it calms down Saturday and Sunday with light winds from the South (less helpful) turning East (very helpful). The biggest event of the weekend will be the…