looks like we'll be headin' to Colorado around the 15th of June. How's the snow holding up for all the CB creeks? think there will be any left for us? If anybody quits boating long enough to read this, thanks for the help!
its true, CB creeks got the lamest creek related snowpack in the state, fall rain made the soil ripe and OB peaked early, Scotty's pic on the buzz a few weaks ago was probably the seasons peak flow, Joe is right, if you want it, hurry
im burned on it, ive seen too much broken gear this year already
North slopes of the san juans i can see look like fantastic skiing still but ive got no good report on actual depth, NOAA perdicts the highest lake fork year in a while, so if you get skunked on OB lake city might creeks might be a decent sub
which creeks around Lake City? the only one I've looked at there is Henson, and it looks to have wood problems.....the other creeks on AW?
yetigonecrazy will probably post to this thread, he did a great write up on eddyflower about the various sections of henson, cottonwood creak also has at least one great clean drop, but wood and or portages are definately a reality in the LC area, the trade off is that the runs are much much longer than any of the CB runs ..
kannah creak .. something like that .. i cant remember now .. id go and give you a firsthand up-to-the-minute report but i sorta need a crew to paddle with
lots of potential in the LC area, but yes, wood and portages.
henson goes from thoreaus cabin (like 5 mi below the summit of engineer)...theres lots of different section on the creek, local boaters sometimes keep the last 7 or so mi of it clean of wood, sometimes not. havent been up henson yet this year to verify, but going tomorrow or wednesday. engineer should be open. watch for snow in the whitmore box, mexican dance troupe is probably still tunnelized due to ice. no fo henson?
lake fork goes all the way to american basin, and cinnamon pass is open so theres access fo sho. theres lots of willows and avvy debris but also a few quality bedrock falls thrown in here and there above the cinnamon. might be a bit high yet for the big falls. three gorges is dy-no-mite, watch for wood. town run, box, gate, redbridge all way fun.
cottonwood has good stuff, its like four miles of park and hucks. couple of big avy-debris-filled-800fpm cascades to watch for at the bottom but the upper section and very bottom stretch above the cat. gulch trail are good bedrock. drive up past the first cascade and park at the huge boulder to find the good shit. theres more upstream but its not quite as quality and theres wood issues.
upper cebolla has wood issues that a good snow year will probably clean out. nobody seems to think this will go if it does, but i still think it will.
you could easily spend a day or two down here hitting some quality stuff. the lake fork canyon is great for a couple runs, and throw in a run or two on henson, and cottonwood and you dont even need to go to cb. the bonus is you'll probably be the only one on any of the creeks. maybe not so on the fork, but definitely the creeks.
if you guys want more talk to justin mitchell, or overlyworked, he's got good beta if you can get it from him
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andy i'm thinking ob playboat run wanna go tonight, you can bring your xxx and i think sarah might drive????????
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andy i'm thinking ob playboat run wanna go tonight, you can bring your xxx and i think sarah might drive????????
dude, haha! i am strangely excited by the prospect of blasting at the bottom of a few 100 foot slides ... your nuts bro .. when the preliminary adrenaline high wears off ill call you .. LOL
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