GDI road trip

Standingman · Post by **Standingman** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:54 pm

Shawn, Chris, Dan and myself will be in the Pouder Canyon on the 6th of August. Hopefully the water will hold. Come on openboaters join us.

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:32 pm

Roy will still (probably) be out in Colorado then... pm me if you want to paddle with him and I'll give you his phone #

He knows quite a few good OC runs out there.

iRolled · Post by **iRolled** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:35 pm

You guy's suck

cadster · Post by **cadster** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:30 pm

Does Roy drive a Volvo?

There was one with IL plates in Salida with a Ledge and Fly on top on Sunday.

Craig Smerda wrote:Roy will still (probably) be out in Colorado then... pm me if you want to paddle with him and I'll give you his phone #

He knows quite a few good OC runs out there.

kslund · Post by **kslund** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:03 pm

Usually head to the Ark around that time - but I might stick around for the poudre if there is water - and there is a good chance there will be. How to get a hold of you? No cell service in the canyon.

Dooleyoc-1 · Post by **Dooleyoc-1** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:16 pm

It's the highest water year ever so there will still be plenty of water in August. It's running 5 ft right now!

kslund · Post by **kslund** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:33 pm

I agree, there will probably be good water well into september this year.

Standingman · Post by **Standingman** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:17 pm

We will be at Glen echo on Saturday afternoon, it is around Rustic. Going to the Ark on Tuesday, come home on Friday. Look for 4 Ledges.

kslund · Post by **kslund** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:53 pm

Sounds good - I'll look for you guys if I am up on the poudre! Green ford explorer with a orange/yellow prelude.

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:53 pm

cadster wrote:Does Roy drive a Volvo?

There was one with IL plates in Salida with a Ledge and Fly on top on Sunday.

yup

cadster · Post by **cadster** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:23 pm

Roy told me last week that he was on his way home.

Spent four days this past week paddling in the Poudre Canyon. Flow is slowly dropping, but afternoon rains are in the forecast and it caused a rise last week.

Boated Clear Creek into Idaho Springs and the Numbers on my way back south. Clear Creek would make a good stop on the way to the Ark.

I'll likely be up for another trip to the Ark while you are here and can go during the week.

If you can stay after 8/12, there's a whitewater release scheduled for the NF South Platte that weekend. Bailey Canyon is one of the best class IV creeks in the state with a few V's you can choose to run or not. If not up for Bailey, Foxton makes a nice class III run downstream.

Standingman · Post by **Standingman** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:46 pm

Thanks Cadster, we are looking forward to it. We'll be at Arrowhead campground, north of Buena Vista on Tues night. Join us if you can.

Standingman · Post by **Standingman** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:50 am

cadster, how does the gage on the rock in the pouder relate to the AW colorado gage page?

cadster · Post by **cadster** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:53 pm

I'm not a frequent Poudre paddler, but locals say there's poor correlation between the online gage and the boater's gage. My old CRC has 2' as 330 CFS and 3' as 650 CFS.

The boater's gage is reported here:
http://www.poudrerockreport.com/

The online gage is here:
http://www.dwr.state.co.us/SurfaceWater ... D=CLAFTCCO

Dooleyoc-1 · Post by **Dooleyoc-1** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:25 pm

The Poudre is running 3.4 ft right now. That's a fairly stout level to be canoeing on the Poudre but you guys will still have a blast on the Upper Mish section down through Poudre Park and the Brides.

You can also do the rustic sections at that level too. The Narrows is cranking at 3.4 ft