south boulder creek

[El quapo]

Hey sounds good to me. I'm in. Will give a ring in the a.m.

[seanlee]

look for the eldo levels to see if there is enough water to paddle out. i don't see a guage reading now but anything over 90 or 100cfs is enough to bump down and out

[Dave Frank]

100? if its over 30 you can scrape out. gauge says 0. i bet there s at least 5-7 in there. count on walking out, but you could get lucky. maybe you can sled out.

[xkayaker13]

All this talk about the 2008 stoke and people that are jonesin' but nobody wants to paddle Tuesday? The fiscal year just turned so I know you blue collar boys still have plenty of sick days. Let's go rally!
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[deepsouthpaddler]

If anyone runs it, post a report of ice, snow, and hikeout conditions.

I might be able to go friday if the flow is still up, and the snow / ice isn't too brutal.

[cdw]

the water was fine, the hike out was marred by a land owner who was not as friendly as the ones people met when it ran late fall- this could be an issue, as going in the stream-bed would be tough

No ice, one tree to boof over, and the one that last year spanned the river is a little closer to the water and @ high flows may be hard to get under

[doublet]

One option to avoid bushwhacking/rude landowners would be to hike out on the Walker Ranch trail below the bridge rapid. This option would also significantly reduce the length of the shuttle.

I've never done either hike out (not sure I'm that desperate...yet), so don't take my advice too seriously. I just think the Walker trail might be the easier option. (at least it seems easy on a Mt. Bike). If it isn't easy, call it training for the Bull Lake hike.

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[tj@cu]

anyone in for wednesday morning dawn patrol(like putting on @7). me an christian are ready to get it done come on people lets go boating.
-Tom

I don't know about the walker ranch hike out it is steep and there is probably snow in there so that means hard core sketch but who knows?

[Dave Frank]

it was 8 years ago, with no snow, but after a humbling run on the bridge drop, I chose hiking out to hand paddling the rest. I made it home hours before those running shuttle.

Seems like most if the trail would be southern exposed, and not too steep; nothing like the river rt side. you miss another mile of rapids, but if time is a factor, this is probably the way to go.

[doublet]

If I can bike my fat ass up that hill, it's not 'too steep'. Without the dam drop, you don't miss much whitewater.

No promises on the distance though.