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justthemaid
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Jim Henson's Basement
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2017 - 08:28am PT
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OMG!!! ;)
Were heading down tomorrow. We'll report back on what bridge crossings are submerged. Probably the usual suspects.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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No, that looks fully legit.
If you look closely, you can see me sending a 12d in impeccable style.
Totally happened.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Yeah, this was on Sunday.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Stimbo where is that video taken in the Gorge?
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Stimbo where is that video taken in the Gorge?
I shot it just below the Middle Gorge Power Plant.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2017 - 06:51pm PT
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Yup- like Jody said- all the main areas north of Penstock have normal flow and no access issues.
South of the plant it's full bore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp_RSQH80k0
All the Lower Gorge bridges are underwater . Warning Signs, Diamond Face, Diamond Back (new area), Pink Wall and Big Tower Areas are all inaccessible. The poor Pink Wall bridge got obliterated by a big tree that got washed down.
The Warning signs bridge is pretty high off the deck but 400CFS is evidently the tipping point
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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As I remember it, the "water hammer" break of the DWP pipe going down Sherwin grade in the late 80s was when they were forced to reestablish flow.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Thanks Skip.... good info.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 31, 2017 - 09:29pm PT
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hey there say, skip... great share...
i missed the up-dates... been very busy, :)
saw this on chris's newsletter and had to hurry over to
see what i missed, :)
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Wow. The roar must be impressive. Thanks for the pics, Maidy. Jo and I will be up there April 7--15.
BAd
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 1, 2017 - 07:34am PT
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As a further update. They've dropped. The water level down to " normal" through the Lower Gorge.
2 new bridges were installed higher off the deck for the Diamonface/Diamond back area and the Big Tower./Pink Face. The direct bridge to Pink face is gone so it's a rock hop during low flow or a short walk downstream to the plank bridge. I'll likely plank the rock hop this week .
The warning Signs bridge is crossable, but took a beating and may need a little reinforcemrnt. Someone took the time to replace the guide line but it needs to be redone IMO. It's now a thin dynamic line tied off to a dead cottonwood branch. not really dangerous but not ideal long term. The static line anchored to rock was more reassuring.
See you in April Bad😀
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otisdog
Big Wall climber
Sierra Madre & McGee Creek, Ca.
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DWP website shows a flow of 711 +/_ for the last five days....so no reduction?
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Tom Turrentine
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Apr 12, 2017 - 09:43am PT
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Any update on water flows / release at the gorge? will we die?
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Can anyone tell me what the status is for crossing the river to get up to Warning Signs?
High water? Log still in place?
I haven't been to any part of the Gorge south of Pub Wall since this water release wraning stuff started...
Thanks, Phyl
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Bump for Phylp and for me...river conditions in general not just Warning Signs???
Thanks.
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Mtbphoto
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, Ca
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All river crossings I have been on lately have been mellow (upper and lower gorges.) You can tell there was more water in the upper, the approach to Gorgeous Towers is a bit bushy, but not bad. My little dog has had no problems crossing any of the bridges/crossings solo. Watch for rattlesnakes though.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Thanks for the info!
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Hoots
climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Today (10/4/17), there was a lot of water being released, and in the Upper Gorge, access to Dihedrals was thigh deep wading, and the crossing getting to Flavin' Haven was raging. We stuck to the Gotham sector. Worth checking out DWP CFS numbers before heading down that way.
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