Archive for July, 2011

Pine View 3.0 at 0830

Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. East southeast wind between 5 and 8 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Calm wind becoming west between 10 and 13 mph. Winds could gust [...]

Pine View 3.0 mid-day

Currently…HOT! FP full of tubers, sunners & funners. Stay safe.

Upper Canyon Report – GATE IS OPEN!

As of last night… Big South – GATE IS OPEN! Fluffy medium at 4 on the BS Bridge Rock Joe Wright – medium low Spencer – medium 2 on the boneyard gauge

Moose @ BPI

Shot of the moose hanging near Bridges Put In by Adro

Pine View 3.4 at 0700

Currently 55F and sunny. Home Wx: Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. South southeast wind between 6 and 9 mph becoming [...]

Pineview 3.4 at ~7:50pm

Water’s staying pretty steady. Keep an eye out for moose in the lower canyon. We saw two along the road just below bridges putin tonight at ~6:20.

Pine View 3.5 at 0700

Currently 55.7F, partly cloudy and calm. Home Wx: Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. North northwest wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low [...]

Pine View 3.5 at 0800

Currently 66.7F, cloudy and calm. Home Wx: Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Breezy, with a calm wind becoming west northwest between 18 and 21 mph. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms [...]

Pine View 3.75 at 1330

Currently 84F and partly cloudy. Home Wx: This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. South southeast wind between 5 and 9 mph. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Light wind becoming west between [...]

Upper Canyon & Lower Big South Wood Update

Joe Wright: Medium-High Big South: High (top line on the rock). Long draw road is still closed. Spencer Heights: Medium-High (2.75-3ft on the new Spencer Heights gauge) Joe Wright Creek Update As Marty mentioned in his earlier post, Carnito Canyon has changed. The old flake boof move is history, and at this weekend’s levels the rapid is generally [...]

Source to Canyon Mouth

On Friday evening Austin Woody, Kyle McCutchen and myself put-in 1/4 mile below Poudre Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park on approximately 30 cfs – just enough to float a boat in a four foot wide streambed. On Saturday evening we took out at the big eddy below Picnic Rock, exhausted, satisfied, in awe of [...]

Upper Canyon Update

All runs are still med-high to high, but no longer charging. Quality boating to be had up there! Beware… Carnito Canyon on JW has changed big time. The flake has rolled to the right and the rock in the next drop flushed out and have deposited all over the rest of the rapid. The eddy [...]

Pine View 3.7 at 0700

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 87. East wind at 8 mph becoming south. Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southeast wind between 10 and 13 mph becoming light. Winds could gust [...]

Pine View 3.8+ at 1100

Currently 81.5F, sunny and breezy. Poudre Park Wx: This Afternoon: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 86 by 5pm. Calm wind becoming east between 4 and 7 mph. Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a [...]

Pine View 3.9 at 0700

Currently 53F, sunny and calm. Heads Up- the Sheriff lifted the tubing ban, so watch for them on the Riv. They should ONLY be on the Filter Plant. However, in recent years I’ve seen future Darwin Award recipients floating past Camp Falbo on tubes- that’s right two bends above Cardiac and less than a mile [...]

Upper Canyon Report

From JJ a few minutes ago… Joe Wright: Medium/High Big South: High (water line bouncing between the top line and top of rock). Long draw road is still closed. Spencer Heights: Medium-High

Pine View 3.9 at 1300

Another dip below 4. Currently 81.5F, partly cloudy and calm. Home Wx: This Afternoon: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind around 9 mph. Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 61. South [...]

Pine View 4.5- at 0700

Bouncing between 4.4 and 4.6, we’ll call it a 4.5 this morn. Currently 64.5F, sunny and breezy. Poudre Park Wx: Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. West wind 7 to 9 mph becoming south. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms [...]

Pine View 4.5+ at 0930

That’s right, back up to the mid 4′s. It’s closer to 4.6, but I’m feeling conservative today. Currently 76F, sunny and breezy. Poudre Park Wx: Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming west southwest between 7 and 10 mph. Tonight: [...]

Pine View 3.9 at 1000

Currently 75.8F, sunny and calm. Home Wx: Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 82 by 5pm. South southeast wind around 9 mph becoming west southwest. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around [...]

Upper Canyon Report

as of 3pm Joe Wright: Medium Big South: High (rock gauge slightly buried under water). Long draw road is still closed. Spencer Heights: Medium-High (3 on the new gauge) Little South: Low (70-75 on upper gauge, and 1’3″ on confluence gauge at @ noon)

Pine View 4.0 at 0800

Currently 65F, sunny and calm. Time to start learning the lines again… Home Wx: Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny early, then becoming mostly cloudy, with a high near 92. Light wind becoming south southeast between 10 and 13 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Tonight: [...]

Pine View 4.5 at 0700

Currently 57.6F, sunny and calm. Looks to be another beautiful day, followed by some monsoons. Poudre Park Wx: Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 88. South southeast wind between 5 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with [...]

Pine View 4.5 at 1530

Currently…HOT. Expect more monsoons on the way.

Pine View 4.7 at 0700

Up from 4.6 last night, but definitely on its way down. It’s been a great LONG haul above 4.8! Currently 59F, partly cloudy, calm and wet. We had one hellova storm last night, tons of rain and the BEST light show I’ve seen in the 11 years living in the Canyon! Poudre Park Wx: Today: [...]

Pineview 4.5+

Pineview at 4.5 + as of 3:00pm.  Low river traffic in the canyon so make sure to take advantage of the lack of congestion and the abnormally high water levels while they last! Cheers to a killer year!

Pine View 4.8+ at 0700

Tough call with a really bouncy line. Some may call it a 4.9- this morn. Currently 49.5F, sunny and calm. Poudre Park Wx: Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a temperature rising to near 81 by noon, then falling to around 70 during the remainder of [...]

Pine View 4.99 at 0900

Call it a 5- or a 4.9+. Either way we call it fun! Currently 65F, sunny and calm. Poudre Park Wx: Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph. Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers [...]

Pine View 5.2 at 1000

Holy Big Water in July Batman! Just when you expect things to start slowin’ down. Currently 72.5F, partly cloudy and breezy. Poudre Park Wx: Late Afternoon: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 79. West southwest wind around [...]

Pine View 4.9 at 0930

Currently 67F, partly cloudy and calm. Today is a Milestone in the 2011 Boatin’ Season- Snow Depth at JWR=0.0 inches. We melted the last two inches yesterday. What does this mean to you and me…I have no idea. Stay tuned and I’ll keep you in the loop. Poudre Park Wx: Today: A 40 percent chance [...]

Pine View 4.6 at 1600

Currently 70F and WET.

A month to remember!

Super Collider @ 4.7 feet. Also see Robyn’s FB album for some Poudre and CB candy… Beyond the Horizon Line

Pineview at 4.7 @11:30

Sadly not a first person report. But Tim reports Pineview as being at 4.7 at 11:30am today.

Pine View 4.5 at 2:00 PM

The water is dropping fast, time to get back up to Steven’s Gulch and have a BLAST while we still can!

Pine View 4.9 at 0700

Poudre Park Wx: Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. East northeast wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Cloudy, [...]

Pine View 5.0 at 0700

I hold this truth to be self-evident, the Riv is still quite FUN! Have a safe and fun Independence Day! Currently 52.5F, sunny and calm. Poudre Park Wx: Independence Day: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Calm wind becoming east [...]

Pine View 5.2 at 1000

Pine View 5.2 at 1000hrs. Currently 67F, sunny and calm. Down right beautiful! Poudre Park Wx: Today: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 91. North northwest wind between 3 and 8 mph. Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly clear, with [...]

Pine View 5.25 at 0700

Pine View 5.25 at 0700. Currently 56.7F, Foggy and Damp. Poudre Park Wx: Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. South southeast wind between 7 and 10 mph. Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually [...]

Pine View 5.5 at 0930

Tough call this morn. The surge at the Rock is bouncing from 5 and a quarter up to as high as 6, but during a four minute analysis three sets of eyes all agree the median is 5.5. Debris and local witnesses show evidence of an even higher peak this morning. Currently 60.6F, sunny and [...]