They’re doing something at the Cut
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birdsnest
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
Now that's funny. That might have been why they were digging at the BF ramp before they figured out it weren't there either.Maybe cleaning out the drain pipe for the fish cleaning station?
Got to be a clog somewhere.....
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Basshound91
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Hope there digging down 5 feet so it's open by our mid may trip lol
mhan
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They are definitely going down !! 2 Dump trucks hauling dirt, as fast as they can be loaded, going over the rise to the North.
They are about 1/3 way thru the cut moving toward Warm Creek. I hiked over and watched for awhile
Could see no evidence of any widening. Pictures from today 02/02 about noon.
They are about 1/3 way thru the cut moving toward Warm Creek. I hiked over and watched for awhile
Could see no evidence of any widening. Pictures from today 02/02 about noon.
Trix
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
I assume you meant "today 05/02" rather than 02/02. This is great news. I hope they complete significant excavation before the water inundates the cut. With the water within about 8 feet of old cut level and water rising about a half foot per day (or more), how far down can they possibly dig in less than 2 weeks? 2 or 3 feet?
Basshound91
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They can dig more than 2 ft in 2 weeks they could probably dig down 2 ft in a week easy
mhan
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oops! yes Trix it was today 05/02,
They have a road grader as well, however it was not working while I was there. I know nothing about such work but It appeared that they
were scraping the bottom and loading the piles into the trucks to haul away. I was struck by the fact that there was no "rock or stone", in the material piles, just loose dirt.
They have a road grader as well, however it was not working while I was there. I know nothing about such work but It appeared that they
were scraping the bottom and loading the piles into the trucks to haul away. I was struck by the fact that there was no "rock or stone", in the material piles, just loose dirt.
birdsnest
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
They won't need to remove that much to get you thru, not with the lake coming up 1/2 foot a day. This should change to 3/4 foot real soon.
WaterMan
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Yes, my first trip in 84 or 85 we camped on a beach west of castle rock and would head to the dam and then to the intake tubes to fish, the return to camp was through warm creek. We never slowed down going over were the cut is. Antelope Island was an island. I miss those days.
linnell
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They're looking for Jimmy Buffet's lost salt shakerMaybe cleaning out the drain pipe for the fish cleaning station?
Got to be a clog somewhere......
Trix
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If you missed Jason's post of this link, everyone should check out the satellite view of the full lake in 1984. We never talked about a cut, it was just the connection of Wahweap Bay and Warm Creek Bay.
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Trix
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
I have boated LP since 1971 and buzzed around Castle Rock for decades when the lake was generally over 3650. Checkout the the LP Water Database at the very bottom of the page there is a data retrieval box. Pull down and retrieve Max/Min to see the lake levels in the big water years before 2004.
birdsnest
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
I miss all the shortcuts. I was working there at full pond or darn close to it. Stateline houseboat rental office (when it was on top) had water lapping at the front door. You could get uplake super quick. All the houseboat rental parking was at the level of shoreline drive.
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