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  • May 16, 2023 at 12:44 am #7928
    Zach
    Keymaster

    From Ken Helfrich (5/15/23):

    “I wanted to let you know that we flew the river today from Dagger to the confluence and everything is still looking open with no blockages. There are a few new spots that could be interesting with logs piled up and a couple of new rapids from the blow outs. Our primary goal of todays flight was to get eyes on the Rams Horn bridge. In the last couple of days, since Tony Herald flew the river, the hillside on river right at Rams Horn has stuffed off and into the river. This is a significant section of bank that has collapsed in and is in the same location where the bridge had been anchored.”

    June 30, 2023 at 12:40 am #7979
    MattSilva
    Participant

    Has anyone been down the river recently that can comment on changes to the upper section?

    July 1, 2023 at 6:16 pm #7982
    Zach
    Keymaster

    I just finished a trip yesterday and the upper section is in good shape. The debris flows at Ramshorn and just above Velvet are very obvious and easy to scout. I’ll try and get some video of the new Velvet uploaded tomorrow.

    There is a report of something tearing rafts between Ramshorn and Velvet. This may be a new sharp rock or debris from the Ramshorn Bridge worth looking out for.

    July 2, 2023 at 10:33 pm #7983
    Zach
    Keymaster

    Here’s video of the new Velvet Falls from last week

    July 4, 2023 at 6:54 pm #7984
    MattSilva
    Participant

    awesome thanks!
    I also hiked down to Velvet this last Saturday and got some footage of ramshorn and velvet from the bank. Would you like me to send you the footage to share?

    July 4, 2023 at 6:58 pm #7985
    Zach
    Keymaster

    Can you share a YouTube link here?

    July 4, 2023 at 8:39 pm #7986
    MattSilva
    Participant

    Sure! It should be finished uploading soon.

    July 7, 2023 at 8:48 pm #7991
    saxonlh
    Participant

    Is the pile of rock in the center of the channel at 3:15 new? It’s hard to tell from the jump in the video, is that the bottoms of Ramshorn or the top of Velvet? thanks

    July 8, 2023 at 3:45 am #7996
    Zach
    Keymaster

    I don’t think the pile of rocks are new but that rapid (that I consider the entrance move to Velvet) has definitely changed. My guess is that there is a bunch of new sediment in there. At the water continues to drop we’ll find out!

    July 17, 2023 at 7:57 pm #7998
    Zach
    Keymaster

    I ran last week and talked to a bunch of people what have been running trips and it seems that boats aren’t popping any more. Here’s some video from running the new entrance of Velvet in a sweep boat.

    July 20, 2023 at 9:20 pm #8005
    Zach
    Keymaster

    After talking to quite a few people I don’t think boats are tearing in this section any more.

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