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jimmybame said:
What year was the last full pool?
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I might be wrong but I think the last full pool was in July '86.
It got very close (within 2 feet) the following year '87 as well as in July of '98 (within 3 feet @ 3697')

I was there at the high mark in July 1998 and drove a houseboat through Gunsight Pass just as an IBT Square.

Note: IBT Square = I Been There Square
Goblin
 
I'm new to the site, you guys are amazing and so helpful. I have a houseboat rented for the weekend of Aug 10th, but just reading that the prediction is that the water inflow will only be 43% of normal and possibly the 6th lowest in LP history. Making me a bit uneasy about the big trip planned. You guys offer any perspective?

Regards.
 
Nothing to be uneasy about. Same big lake with different beaches at whatever the water level will be when you go. We are going August 3rd and it doesnt even enter my thinking about what the water level will be. Where are you planing to go on the lake?
 
mofaster said:
I'm new to the site, you guys are amazing and so helpful. I have a houseboat rented for the weekend of Aug 10th, but just reading that the prediction is that the water inflow will only be 43% of normal and possibly the 6th lowest in LP history. Making me a bit uneasy about the big trip planned. You guys offer any perspective?

Regards.
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Mofaster - don't worry at all about the low water. I grew up going to Lake Powell starting in the 60's and it was fine then too.

I don't understand the culture when people won't go to the lake because the level is low, as it doesn't matter for Lake Powell.

Have fun..there's no other lake like Powell.

Erik
 
Currently the water is 477' deep at the dam,..... soooo, you do have a smidge of wiggle room there. Since the last deepening, even the Castle Rock Cut has a long way to go before it forces you around Antelope Island.
;)
Goblin
 
colorado said:
Nothing to be uneasy about. Same big lake with different beaches at whatever the water level will be when you go. We are going August 3rd and it doesnt even enter my thinking about what the water level will be. Where are you planing to go on the lake?
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Thanks for the responses. So, I've been going to lake Powell for 15 years or so, but we always camp at Lone Rock. This is our first outng on a house boat, which we have been wanting to do for a while. Haven't been much past Padre Bay, so I think we are looking to post up near Friendship cove or Rock Creek Bay. Have lots of great info from this site and a few others. Always blown away by the beauty of LP.
 
Really pay attention when they explain how to anchor the boat. You dont want to wake up to a real blow and find yourself sideways on the beach.
 
colorado said:
Really pay attention when they explain how to anchor the boat. You dont want to wake up to a real blow and find yourself sideways on the beach.
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Great advice, yes, I'm an engineer and have been boating for a while, but I will be researching everything i can read to the extreme.
 
mofaster said:
I'm new to the site, you guys are amazing and so helpful. I have a houseboat rented for the weekend of Aug 10th, but just reading that the prediction is that the water inflow will only be 43% of normal and possibly the 6th lowest in LP history. Making me a bit uneasy about the big trip planned. You guys offer any perspective?

Regards.
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We've been there when the lake was 5' below full pool and when it was 150' below full pool - always a great trip. Even when it was at it's lowest (since being filled), if you had never been to the lake before, you'd still say "what an amazing amount of water". Lower levels mean you can't boat back as far in some canyons, as previous years, but it also opens camping spots in new locations. It's all good, you will have a good trip
 
mofaster said:
Great advice, yes, I'm an engineer and have been boating for a while, but I will be researching everything i can read to the extreme.
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One note, it seems that if you launch from the south end, the advice is to anchor in sand (which can be harder to find as you go north). by digging holes and burying the anchor. Its a real option to wrap the anchor line around LARGE BOULDERS (not rocks), instead of anchoring in sand. We try to avoid sand at all costs. The only time we've had a houseboat come loose was when we were anchored in sand. We take the anchor off our ropes, make a slip knot and wrap the loop around boulders. Just find a spit of sand for the nose or pontoons, and look for large boulders to the side of your ideal camping spot.
 
PowellBride said:
One note, it seems that if you launch from the south end, the advice is to anchor in sand (which can be harder to find as you go north). by digging holes and burying the anchor. Its a real option to wrap the anchor line around LARGE BOULDERS (not rocks), instead of anchoring in sand. We try to avoid sand at all costs. The only time we've had a houseboat come loose was when we were anchored in sand. We take the anchor off our ropes, make a slip knot and wrap the loop around boulders. Just find a spit of sand for the nose or pontoons, and look for large boulders to the side of your ideal camping spot.
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PowellBride, great advice and that is the plan!
 
Good 2 " or 3 " ratchet straps on each anchor line is an easy way to keep them tight.
You may have to reset / tighten the anchor lines everyday.
And also don't camp in open water, more wind protection the better.
 
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