RMA Poudre Rock Report

Upper Canyon & Lower Big South Wood Update

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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 more challenging. See photos below for a visual.

Big South Wood Update
1) Heads up for wood around the second bend after Double Trouble – we snuck it far right without issues
2) Stay left after Pin Cushion to avoid the barely submerged log. At this weekend’s flow the log was 3″ under water and is sure to come into play as levels drop.
3) As always, watch for random wood placement as flows drop

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Source to Canyon Mouth

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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 the river before us, having paddled it’s entire canyon in under 30 hours. What a river, what a season!

Cutch on an early morning Fantasy Flight

 

Big South update: Clean of new wood for the most part without any wood portages at a relatively high flow. Fantasy Flight is back open for business. Couple of wood ducks below Double Trouble, first one on the right, second in the middle (left part of the log, been there forever). Clean as it has ever been. Awesome. Spencer is clean.

Upper Canyon Update

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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 at the top is the same, but that’s about it.

Roll on Big South…

Pine View 3.7 at 0700

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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 as high as 21 mph.

Pine View 3.8+ at 1100

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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 low around 63. North northwest wind between 3 and 10 mph.