Meltdown
It looks like the canyoning season in the mountains (including
Colorado and the Pacific Northwest) might start a little later this
year due to high snowpack and runoff, and Lake Powell is estimated to
gain 50 feet this year, so go soon if you want to see the lower
reaches of the canyons exposed in recent years.
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http://www.timescal
The Colorado mountains are poised to unleash more runoff than they
have in 11 years. Streams in Washington and Oregon are forecast to
carry up to 50 percent more water than usual. Lake Powell, stretching
more than 100 miles across Utah and Arizona, is expected to rise 50
feet from its current depleted state.
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Lake Powell was full in 1999 but has fallen 100 feet because some of
those agreements required that more water be delivered to Mexico and
down-river states than the river brought in.
For the first time since 2003, the lake will be high enough to let
boaters pass through a formation called the Castle Rock cut, lopping
12 miles off the voyage from the southern end of the lake to the
northern.
"It'll mean more trips up-lake for me than I've had for several
years," said Gary Wantis of Page, Ariz., who owns a 28-foot cruiser
and manages the Lake Powell Yacht Club.
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