Swam a good mile to get to the rock back in '72 to '83. Still good with a sand bank in between in '87. Now...that's a stone's throw away. Several miles to the right and north, was a nice hide-a-way cove with a steep 50 yard sand dune and beach. A stop at Bull Frog with 2 five gallon cans got you to Paiute Farms and back-everyone had to swim at least 3 miles and dive the Rainbow Bridge and cliffs on the trip-those were the days. We had more fun than anyone would ever know. We are all now 70 years old. How time passes so fast!
It's called Solar Cycles, and remember. Two years ago a submerged volcano in Honga Tonga popped and put over 10% more water vapor into the stratosphere.
Woohoo, we'll take it downstream! Great footage👍 Thanks for taking the time to get out there and capture the events. It's been brutally hot too! I like the naming "Cool Flow Release" also. So it's no "High Flow Release" but they just left the damaged ones offline and sent it!
Great footage, Lord Rat. I, for one, appreciate the effort you put into this stuff 👍 Yeah, Powell is on the cusp now and just beginning to drop so all you folks should get down there and enjoy it while it lasts! Castle Rock Cut, theoretically, has seven feet of water in it but that won't last long.
Great content! I wish that they would keep the water level at least above 3583' to keep the Castle Rock Cut open (minimum safe level). It would benefit all! Just think about how much gas it would save with every houseboat and boat not having to go the long route past Antelope Marina! I'm a local her and am always monitoring the water level based on the Castle Rock Cut.
@@rickkrebsbach9278 for real! A lot of people are upset about the Cool Flow Right now. The cut is only up I think a couple of feet and by the end of the month or beginning of August it might be closed
@@DesertRatExploration As of today, it's 4.13' above the minimum safe level of 3583' which puts it at 3587.13'. If you google 'Lake Powell Water Database' and click on it, then scroll down it lists all of the significant points on the lake. I agree, that the recent cool flow release will probably impact it even more.
I used to live in Kanab Utah, which is just north of Fredonia Arizona. The Mormon ranchers in that area bitch and moan and complain about the federal government while continuing to graze their cattle on public lands for pennies on the dollar. I call them welfare ranchers. They did the same whining, complaining and beating their chests when the grand staircase/Escalante monument was established back in the 1990s. That has brought so much tourism to the area. Now they aren’t whining anymore.
I always wondered why they didn't build it with some kind of drain tube low on the dam, or on the bottom of the lake next to the dam, to flush sediment build up down stream.
So glad people are noticing and getting sick of it! Nothing worse than turning on a Lake Powell update and seeing Lake Mead or Shasta or something with an automated voice over it
Powell lovers will not like that the timing of this experiment coincides with the timing of the lake levels reaching their max for the year. Antelope Point Public Launch Ramp was flirting with sufficient depth to launch boats again. Lots of people have been looking forward to using that ramp again. But even if it was to be opened this year, it would have been usable for only a week at best, if at all. The ramp has become a happening spot for paddle sports launch in the past 4 or more years of the ramp's closure.
We saw this happen here at Lake Mead in Boulder Harbor too. It was such a popular locals launch through early 2010's, but then NPS had to close the ramp because the channel became narrow. Boat owners were upset but once this happened it became the best paddlecraft launch at the lake. Now unfortunately the level has dropped and the inlet has dried up again, can't even get the kayaks out. I have a random question for you... is there an equivalent of "eFoilLakeMead" down here Mead??? 🤔 Those things are pretty neat, I haven't seen one on Lake Mead before myself yet.
In 1977 I rode my dirt bike through there had to twist the handlebars in some spots to get through it is that narrow at the bottom off the giant sand hill from page Mesa on the East Side of the page Mesa. Be very careful if you go in there.
Awesome video I hope to meet you one day. Maybe I will meet you at Halls Crossing airport. I would love to visit with you. I would also like to walk with you to the top of Nala Peak.
I hope it works but i dunno. Your channel is amazing. I love the coverage you provide and how informed you are on the happenings at lake powell. Keep cooking!
Your videos on Glen Canyon and Lake Powell are outstanding - truly the best on RU-vid. It's a crime that your channel doesn't have more subscribers! I guarantee there are well over 10,000 people on RU-vid who would love your content if they discovered it. I'll keep sharing your channel wherever I can to help get it more attention. You deserve a bigger audience so you can keep making these awesome videos about the place we all love so much. Thank you for consistently delivering high-quality content and putting in such dedicated effort. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!
Hey, thanks for your kind words. I really appreciate it. I’ll keep posting even with the small view count. You and other subscribers enjoyment is what I’m here for. My goal is for these videos to be used as a reference in the future. These events and footage are useful tools with the ongoing events at Lake Powell and Glen Canyon. Thanks again for your support.
