RMA Poudre Rock Report

If your glass is half full, you can go with 2.6. Tunnel Ripper Rock is becoming more visible, air pocket visible both from the road and as you float past it looking up. Stay away from it if you can.

Currently 51F, sunny and calm. Home Wx: Today: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Light and variable wind.

Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm.

Higher water mark closer to 2.8, but the line’s at 2.75. Currently 78F, sunny and calm. Don’t forget Ripper Rock in Tunnel (see earlier post for details).

Home Wx: This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 86. North northwest wind between 6 and 10 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Northwest wind between 6 and 10 mph.

Dropping, get out while the getting’s good. Great day yesterday- Maiden Voyage of the Cool Hand Luke on the Poudre and Keb Mo at the Mish.

Reminder of the RIPPER ROCK at the bottom of Tunnel Rapid. Scroll down a few reports to get the details.

Currently 49F, sunny and calm. Today: Sunny, with a high near 90. West southwest wind between 5 and 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 53. Breezy, with a west wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph

Currently 75F, sunny and calm. Today: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Calm wind becoming west between 6 and 9 mph.

A handful of Emergency Services personnel and Commercial Outfitters met this morning at the Tunnel Rapid to assess the hazard. We have come to the determination the hazard is a rock that has either rotated, moved or been split. This feature is a BOAT RIPPER, with four known casualties. The rock in question is right in the middle of the line most boaters use at the bottom of Tunnel Rapid! The rock is not visible at river level until you are right on it, due to a large wave just above it. We are unable to remove this hazard.

Scout the rapid before you boat it. Let’s start at the very bottom- The very last hole in Tunnel is River Center, slightly right. Many boaters use this hole to slow and rotate the boat before they hit the wall. Others skirt the hole to the left- THIS IS WHERE THE RIPPER IS! From the last hole in Tunnel the RIPPER ROCK is approx 6 feet up stream and approx 10 feet left (towards center). It’s just below another wave. When you scout from the road you can see an air pocket behind the sharp edge.

If you value your boat- RUN LEFT at bottom of Tunnel Rapid. This may take you right into the eddy river left, but that’s OK at his level- it’s easy to get out of. You can run right of the last hole, but it’s more likely to dump passengers on that run.

Boat safe, and if you’re going to run Upper Mish I encourage you to scout the bottom of Tunnel Rapid and run left.

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