RMA Poudre Rock Report

Pine View 4.25 at 0930

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The wave at the rock is quite bouncy this morning, but we’re a steady 4 1/4. Currently 71.8˚F, sunny and calm. NOAA expects Poudre Park Wx to be: Sunny, with a high near 86. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph.

SNOTEL data for Joe Wright- Snow Depth- 0

SNOTEL Data just in

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They updated the Joe Wright SNOTEL. Down to 2″ snow with a water equivalence of 0.6″. This is about it folks. Today or tomorrow will most likely be peak. Or, as Frenchy said it yesterday- this is Peak Week. Enjoy

Area Closure due to High Park Fire

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Due to rehabilitation activities and safety concerns, there is an area closure in the High Park Fire burn area. This closure restricts ALL activities, including kayaking, within the area. This includes activities on the Little South Fork of the Cache la Poudre River. Below is a link to the news release outlining the closure, as well as a map of the closure area. Any help you can provide sharing this information to the community would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance – Reghan Cloudman, Canyon Lakes Ranger District Public Affairs

Closure Area Map: http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5418467.pdf
Closure News Release: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/news-events/?cid=STELPRDB5418192

970-295-6770 (office phone)

Upper Canyon & Little South Fork

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Flows in the upper canyon, as of Sunday @ 7pm:

Joe Wright = High
Big South = Stomping high (the gauge rock was completely under water)
Spencer Heights = High (3.5ft on the painted rock gauge at Boneyard)
Little South Fork = Medium-Low (75 at the put-in gauge @ noon)

Little South Fork wood update: Our group kayaked the Little South Fork of the Poudre yesterday at medium-low flows and had two mandatory portages around river-wide logs. The first portage was easy to spot, about a third of the way down the run below the second of two new debris flows, around a river wide tree. The second portage begins at the entrance of the main rapid, toward the end of the run, immediately after a blind left-hand turn. Here you are avoiding two river-wide log jams, the first of which is in the lead-in to the rapid, and the other (a river wide dam) blocks the main drop itself. Be extremely careful leading up to the main rapid (the one near the end of the run), as the new log jam comes up fast around a blind corner with few options for eddies.

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The first of two new debris flows resulting from unstable soil from last year’s fire
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The lead-in to the main rapid (near the end of the run) is blocked by this log jam. Beware as you approach this rapid!! The log jam is around a blind corner and there are few choices for eddies.
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View from below the first of two log jams in the main rapid, near the end of the run.

Pine View 4.4 at 0930

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Currently 64˚F, sunny and calm. Expected Wx today is Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.
Tonight A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

No SNOTEL data available for Joe Wright today. Enjoy