Halls crossing launch ramp image

[nzaugg]

How did you come up with 40 feet?

If you look at the Navionics contours of the lake bottom in the ferry cove, you can see a consistent drop in elevation to about 100 feet depth. Since the contours were developed at 3606, there is a bench at around 3500 feet. This is consistent with pictures I have seen from the area prior to construction of Glen Canyon Dam. After the flat spot, the terrain again drops consistently all the way to the river bed. It's probably why the area was used for the original crossing.

I know the planning document was originally from 2016, but it means that somewhere in the background planning has occurred for development of the ferry to lower depths. It is also likely that planning has been ongoing for lower boat launches, though plans have not been shared with the public. I am guessing that there is no funding for the ferry project, which is why the last update was 5 years ago.

 

[Dougie]

Proves the point. Planning forever. Maybe if contours are right, grates will work at ferry cove. Let’s hope. Main Halls ramp is getting close to dicey already at 3558 with only 10 feet of water left to absolute bottom

 

[broski]

When we were down last week, there were excavators working at the ferry ramp...I'm not sure if this is what they were up to or not, but they were definitely doing something there.

I'm sure UDOT probably has a role in all this as well, if you think about it, using the ferry crossing in such a remote location is probably safer (and a revenue generator) than all that traffic going around and through the dips, dives, hills, and canyons

 

[Meatwagon]

That would definitely be a God send to the north end, but I wonder if they have a safe place to land on the bullfrog side .

 

[broski]

That would definitely be a God send to the north end, but I wonder if they have a safe place to land on the bullfrog side .

That would be my next question as well... perhaps they are doing the boiler plates in 80' sections off the side of the main ramp partially to experiment, or will look into something on the Exec ramp, but who knows.

 

[Meatwagon]

Hopefully they'll look into a more permanent solution as in concrete as apposed to plates. This looks like a challenge for years to come, even if the drought were to end this year which is doubtful.

 

[airford1]

The pontoons strapped to your trailer would be as permanent as you are going to get.

 

[PowellBride]

My guess is that any permanent solution, like concrete will wait until low water next spring. At thi be s point there would only be a few weeks of prime season left by the time they finish, if they started concrete work now

 

[Dougie]

This DOES sound promising. Agree with PB nothing permanent this season. It’s all going to depend on the precip we get this coming winter/spring. BTW: Launch/retrieve to the side of main Bullfrog ramp is easy and actually a better slope is found away from the grates they put down. Exec ramp is way too far to walk and shuttle is sporadic at best. And of course there are multiple launch sites for the creative folks at Stanton

 

[Meatwagon]

My guess is that any permanent solution, like concrete will wait until low water next spring. At thi be s point there would only be a few weeks of prime season left by the time they finish, if they started concrete work now

I agree, any concrete would have to chase the water line and need time to cure before the run off increase in the spring. We're not even to the end of the ramp at Wahweap yet. I think however in the coming years this is going to be an ongoing issue.