My first houseboat rental back in 1967 with my family. Fell in love with Powell bought a boat and shore camped for years. My favorite spot Padre Bay.. great memories. Now 78 and my sons in their 50’s
First time viewer on your channel. I've been interested in lakes, rivers, creeks and ponds since I was a kid. I'm 64. I live in Texas, near the texas Colorado River. I watch the lake levels all over texas. The same problems are arising here as the much longer Colorado River in your area. For all the same reasons. I absolutely love fishing!! In our area, they tell the water depth by sea-level, which is much more confusing. When I can go out to the different lakes and see a 40-foot latter that used to be 10 feet to almost get to the water. Off a cliff 😵💫 Ramps that go off to nowhere. I'm Praying that the snow melt and all the rain in most of the Country will help with the levels this year. You have a new subscriber. Thank you for your work and time you put into your videos. I love that you go straight to the source!! ✌️
Thank you for your feedback. I hope all is will in the line star state. Also, you need to come check us out over here. Lots of beautiful creeks and rivers.
Me and a group of friends spend a week at Lake Powell in 2021, renting 2 houseboats and having absolutely fantastic vacations. It is sad to see Bullfrog Marina with such a low water level, I think the water level was about 30' higher at the time we were there. I am hopeful though, that, considering the amount of precipitation and snow, that Lake Powell will come back to its high level, and that we will be able to come to this beautiful lake again.) Sir, thank you for your Update!
@@fishmonger6879 the snow pack tells the story. We are looking at a high snowpack not just in the Rockies. The Green, San Juan, Yampa, etc. all these watersheds are looking great this year in regards to snow and precipitation. So the run off is going to propel lake Powell 50+ feet this year. Another reason I’m confident in that figure is the Lake is like a martini glass. When it fills at low levels it fills fast.
What's nice about your videos is that you spend time showing us what these marinas are really like as of 2023. I'm sure most of us following have had launches in the past out of Bullfrog, Hall's Crossing or Hite. This gives us a good cross reference of what is happening now on Lake Powell. We can only hope that the abundant snowfall in Colorado will help somewhat.
Wow, amazing to see. We went to the Dangling Rope Marina July 4th 2004, I was using those restrooms and the power went out. There were like 400 people eventually stranded there with no way to get gas or leave. We were stuck 4 days. They opened the store up for free for us all to eat the junk food inside. Amazing to see it again. Stared at that building for hours without enough gas to go anywhere else.
Thanks for your video. I did a 7-day kayak trip out of Halls Crossing about 10 years ago going into the side canyons. From your video it looks like its going to be a long time before you can do that again. They were having issues back then with water levels as the car ferry was up on the beach. Looking forward to the Halls Crossing marina.
Back in the 90's we used to launch our boat out of Hite. That must be a complete desert now. So sad, so many great times on Lake Powell when ski season ended in Colorado - we all went there.
@@DesertRatExploration we would love to make it back, we were showed around by a friend I served with in USMC who lives in Moab, I'm thinking we should make it this summer to make sure we can enjoy the lake.
@@DesertRatExploration Another thing most people don’t know. The reason why Bullfrog is named bullfrog is because as you go through the mountains their is a set of mountains if you look at it from a certain direction it actually looks like a bullfrog.
This is amazing. I expected to see a thriving run off from rains and snow pack. It is rather frightening based on all of the research I've been doing for years. In 2026 the 100 year old river compact that has governed water allotments for 7 states and Mexico runs out. Since shortages are in crisis, I've been watching Lake Mead. For if water goes Dead Pool, it will not flow through the turbines at Hoover Dam. Mead depends on water released for Powell. Now we have a politicians scrambling to get their water for their voters. Keep watch the next couple of years. It was named after John Westly Powell himself who told LA water managers that there would not be enough water for this land. He was right. Thanks for these great updates.!
Did a 10day trip in a 15 ‘ skiff back in Oct. 78 . Spent on night in the Defiance kiva . Mystical!! The lake was full and so many inlets to camp and swim naked. There was no on the lake at that time of year . At least we didn’t see any . Recommend book to reed . Desert Solitaire . To see it 30 years later is devastating.
I friend used to live in Ticaboo and I'd go out every memorial weekend. folks used to pitch their tents close to the lake and then go out boating all day only to come back and find their campsite underwater. it rises that fast in the late spring.
@Desert Rat Explorations Well, I guess that's a good start. I was there in 2015 for the first time since 1998, and I couldn't believe it, so many places we couldn't go in the boat.
Sin city outdoors does lake mead reports...they just got their filming permit approved which is a new law when filming for social media on public lands.
Lake Powell hit a record low level, since being at full pool in 1980, of 3519.2 feet above msl at 1515 MDT on Wednesday 12th April. The USGS recorded this elevation and I trust their readings. The upstream reservoirs, particularly Navajo, are on the rise and, it seems, BuWreck is happy to top-up those levels before releasing water downstream to Powell. They have a monster snowpack to play with so Powell could even go slightly lower before coming up agaiin. All things considered in this juggling act, Powell could feasibly reach 3560 or 3570 this WY but the Upper States still 'owe' CA, AZ, NV and Mexico huge amounts of water. So, more likely, the water nerds will be happy to see Powell at 3550 and they'll send many millions of acre-feet downstream to comply with the 1922 Compact. How much Lake Mead will benefit from this snowpack windfall is anyone's guess. I believe the turbines at Hoover Dam are able to generate at elevations down to 950 famsl - 100 feet below the current level - so maybe Mexico will become flooded with all this excess water.
@@DesertRatExploration Yeah, I'm extrapolating somewhat. According to the USGS, which I presume you trust as factual readings, Powell bottomed out at 3519.1 forty hours ago. As I type, the elevation is 3519.8 but any significant rise in Powell depends on releases from Flaming George, Blue Mesa and Navajo reservoirs. These are the facts.
I agree conservation is the name of the game. Vegas has done a very good job of reclaiming a lot of water and tearing out lines. The real culprit is southern California and also southern Arizona.
Thanks for your videos. I am scheduled to go to Lake Powell in May and try to ride a JetSki to the labyrinth and such. But I am thinking in get a dirt bike instead would be safer. Hehehehe
Good question. I’ve driven a jet ski to Rainbow Bridge from Antelope Point and I had to fuel up at Dangling Rope to make the trip back. The only problem now is Dangling Rope is not in service. Closed until further notice. So, if you can fill up a 5 Gal container of gas and strap it to the back of the jet ski maybe. But that’s even risking it. If you could rent a ski at Bullfrog that would be more reasonable.
@@DesertRatExploration I was imagining that. It is reserved in Page City with Surf Lake Powell. I believe I will have to figured out the labyrinth, and other trails around the area. Visit the toilet bowl 2, and some of the still navigable cracks.
How did thay marina end up where it is. I understand the water level issue but when the lake refills will that marina float again and if it does is it anchored where it's at ? If it is anchored how will people get to the dock ?
The NPS and Aramark ferried it from Dangling Rope. This section of dock was seriously damaged in a wind storm and with low water levels they decided to scrap it. Well, they have a month to clean all that up before it’s inundated by the rising waters of Lake Powell.
High water last year was ~3540. After towing the various parts of the DR marina buildings into Bullfrog, 19th through 24th April 2022, when the reservoir elevation was ~3522, they hauled it in as the water rose. Then the level dropped again, leaving the whole caboodle high and dry. So Dangling Rope marina is temporarily parked at 3535. The reservoir could rise 40 feet this year so they'll either extend the anchor lines or haul it towards the shoreline as and when needed. "If it is anchored how will people get to the dock ?" This is an ex-marina. It's kaput. Nobody will get the best soft ice cream in the Utah desert from this outlet ever again. This marina is for landfill. If there is ever a replacement it will be built from scratch
Federal government needs to do what California did in the 50’s and 60’s. Pipe and canal in surplus water from the Mississippi River when it’s flows are high. Do 2 things, feed these 2 reservoirs and help lessen flooding on the Mississippi basin.
Politics is not what I’m pushing that’s for sure. I’d rather show what in front of me and let people to make their own decisions and views. Thanks for the like!
The place with the dry docked marina, is an old Native American campsite. Don't you think it's strange, it's so flat, squared and rounded in spots? The made Lake Powell and it covered several Native American settlements. Water ruins their dwellings, pretty quickly. Lake Mead too! When they diverted the Colorado River, it stopped the flow of the biggest lake in the west. The other lake. Tulare/Tule Lake is filling back up again, from all the snow and rain. They killed two birds with one River. They starved out the Natives, who lived around Tulare Lake and flooded out the Native Americans in the Lake Powell and Lake Mead areas. At $5 a scalp, Natives didn't stand a chance. Broken treaties. Flat out extermination! Then, they tried to hide their existence. Most man made lakes are like this. Shasta, Folsom, Oroville, Almanore, I could go on and on. Pretty sad. I'm glad the lakes are drying up. I hope they remove the dams and let the rivers go where they are supposed to go. They do more damage than good.
Parts of Glenn Canyon have been revealed again. It's beautiful, but ancient ruins have been lost. Was personally hoping lake would be flushed of silt and river restored.
I worked on these floating buildings, restaurant, store, and restrooms and the buoy field to moor your boat in the mid 1980's when the lake was full. We stayed in single wide trailers near the power generation yard that powered all the gas station on the road entrance and whole area. The contractor was DEL WEB CONSTRUCTION. I was 29-30 yrs. old great job, 4 -10hr days with all meals paid, a sack lunch to go on the lake for dinner after work, home to Boulder city NV.. they had a fab yard on Yucca St. there a block from where I lived. They paid us one way 8 hrs. as we drove there every week. Had a lot of fun there water skiing. Question will it ever become the exciting place it used to be ? Said to see. Someone investment gone bust.
@@DesertRatExploration I worked only on the buildings and docks, buoy fields that were at Lake Powell. To the buoy fields at Powell there was approx. 2 miles of 1-1/2 galvanized cable in each of the tie-up units and 8 concrete block anchors 12ft x12ft x12ft with winches to tighten the system on a cluster of 3- 4ft round floats welded together. The winches were hand crank Bi-Bi 5 ton We had a barge pick up the anchors in the center threw a hole and they hung below the barge, we put 2 boats right left side and powered to the drop point and cut the cable holding them with a torch and away they went. I'm a retired heavy construction carpenter now. That was only one of many jobs that will never happen again.
I don't know if anyone remembers the flood of 1980? When the Emerald mile ran the Grand Canyon in record time. The record snowpack melted too fast and they thought the Dam could fail. They have to keep it low for now. It will fill up if they guess right!
@@DesertRatExploration Proportionate to the historic snow packs and lake levels. It would be closer to a 50 ft rise but with the lake so low it will take less to rise more. As the lake fills it takes more for rising because it spreads out so much. I questioned the officials some time ago about a seemingly low forecasted rise. The lake was much higher at the time and they explained how is t spreads out and needing more for rising. Rregards
I’m happy that you know your stuff. The way I like to describe it people is think of Lake Powell as a martini glass. Fills up fast when low, fills slow when it’s high.
I worked there in the 90s this is a sad thing to see the water levels were much higher breaks my heart I remember working on the houseboats getting them ready for people living in the dorms are sad thing to say
@@DesertRatExploration well, I surely hope so. I hope the waters get back up to the levels that I remember them I would love to go back. It has been a very long time I remember so much for my time working there be something wonderful to see again when the water gets back up there. Thank you for your comment.
Next time you are in the middle of the bay, can you look for the keys to a 1996 Dodge Ram and send them to me? They should be with a fishing pole, a can of Bud Light in a coozie, a punctured blowup doll, gear lube, and a bikini top. Please dont judge.
WOW, this is sad. I used to go there over 10 years ago, AND I LOVE THAT PLACE! I have many GREAT memories from there and I hoped the water level would have come down after a very wet Spring out west. Thanks for the video information, now I am going to go grieve for Lake Powell.
My first houseboat rental back in 1967 with my family. Fell in love with Powell bought a boat and shore camped for years. My favorite spot Padre Bay.. great memories. Now 78 and my sons in their 50’s
Time to come back to Padre Bay for a little family get together!
First time viewer on your channel. I've been interested in lakes, rivers, creeks and ponds since I was a kid. I'm 64.
I live in Texas, near the texas Colorado River. I watch the lake levels all over texas. The same problems are arising here as the much longer Colorado River in your area. For all the same reasons.
I absolutely love fishing!! In our area, they tell the water depth by sea-level, which is much more confusing.
When I can go out to the different lakes and see a 40-foot latter that used to be 10 feet to almost get to the water. Off a cliff 😵💫 Ramps that go off to nowhere. I'm Praying that the snow melt and all the rain in most of the Country will help with the levels this year.
You have a new subscriber. Thank you for your work and time you put into your videos. I love that you go straight to the source!! ✌️
Thank you for your feedback. I hope all is will in the line star state. Also, you need to come check us out over here. Lots of beautiful creeks and rivers.
Such a site . I cannot believe dangling Rope Marina.
Great coverage.
Thanks
Your welcome!
Me and a group of friends spend a week at Lake Powell in 2021, renting 2 houseboats and having absolutely fantastic vacations. It is sad to see Bullfrog Marina with such a low water level, I think the water level was about 30' higher at the time we were there. I am hopeful though, that, considering the amount of precipitation and snow, that Lake Powell will come back to its high level, and that we will be able to come to this beautiful lake again.)
Sir, thank you for your Update!
Your welcome. You and your friends will be able to rent a houseboat again soon enough.
@@DesertRatExploration How do you figure? Its at its lowest level ever as you know.
@@fishmonger6879 the snow pack tells the story. We are looking at a high snowpack not just in the Rockies. The Green, San Juan, Yampa, etc. all these watersheds are looking great this year in regards to snow and precipitation. So the run off is going to propel lake Powell 50+ feet this year. Another reason I’m confident in that figure is the Lake is like a martini glass. When it fills at low levels it fills fast.
@@fishmonger6879 There is a LOT more of that lake than just Bullfrog to rent boats at!
Wow! I lived there as a kid in the early 80's, then went back in 2009. That dock was still in use then.
What's nice about your videos is that you spend time showing us what these marinas are really like as of 2023. I'm sure most of us following have had launches in the past out of Bullfrog, Hall's Crossing or Hite. This gives us a good cross reference of what is happening now on Lake Powell. We can only hope that the abundant snowfall in Colorado will help somewhat.
I appreciate the feedback. I hope these images help. Thank you!
Wow, amazing to see. We went to the Dangling Rope Marina July 4th 2004, I was using those restrooms and the power went out. There were like 400 people eventually stranded there with no way to get gas or leave. We were stuck 4 days. They opened the store up for free for us all to eat the junk food inside. Amazing to see it again. Stared at that building for hours without enough gas to go anywhere else.
Love the story. Makes your realize in those situations how isolated you really are. What a experience.
Thanks for your video. I did a 7-day kayak trip out of Halls Crossing about 10 years ago going into the side canyons. From your video it looks like its going to be a long time before you can do that again. They were having issues back then with water levels as the car ferry was up on the beach. Looking forward to the Halls Crossing marina.
Halls launch ramp is 31 feet below operational. It should see water this year. Also, come back and see me next Friday. You’ll see first hand. 😉
Back in the 90's we used to launch our boat out of Hite. That must be a complete desert now. So sad, so many great times on Lake Powell when ski season ended in Colorado - we all went there.
Hite has no launching facilities at all. Come back next to my channel next week and see for yourself. I got something in the works
@@DesertRatExploration I'll tune in for that, Sir Rat.
Thanks for a great update on Bullfrog. Let the runoff begin! Let's get that main ramp back open!
54 feet is possible this summer!
Pour concrete now before the rise
Thank you for the update, I've only visited Lake powell once and it was at bullfrog in August of 2020, we used the main ramp to launch the boat.
If you can try checking out Wahweap. The lake is so big and so diverse in scenery.
@@DesertRatExploration we would love to make it back, we were showed around by a friend I served with in USMC who lives in Moab, I'm thinking we should make it this summer to make sure we can enjoy the lake.
Love the videos keep up the good work
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Nice job, very informative
Your welcome! I try to add accurate information and history. There needs to be footage of the lake this low for future generations to see.
I worked at Bullfrog last year. It’s beautiful.
It’s a unique place. The Henry Mountains are so beautiful
@@DesertRatExploration Another thing most people don’t know. The reason why Bullfrog is named bullfrog is because as you go through the mountains their is a set of mountains if you look at it from a certain direction it actually looks like a bullfrog.
@@GamingLibrary_24 that’s awesome to know! I’ll have to check it out next time.
Awesome video! Would love to see scenic shots of other areas too!
I have videos of Antelope, Glen Canyon Dam, and a more in depth hike to Lone Rock!
There's that Budwiser that I lost 😂. Great video!
Lol
Great vid
Thank you.
This is amazing. I expected to see a thriving run off from rains and snow pack. It is rather frightening based on all of the research I've been doing for years. In 2026 the 100 year old river compact that has governed water allotments for 7 states and Mexico runs out. Since shortages are in crisis, I've been watching Lake Mead. For if water goes Dead Pool, it will not flow through the turbines at Hoover Dam. Mead depends on water released for Powell.
Now we have a politicians scrambling to get their water for their voters.
Keep watch the next couple of years. It was named after John Westly Powell himself who told LA water managers that there would not be enough water for this land. He was right.
Thanks for these great updates.!
i’m glad you’re enjoying them. These videos are for we the people!
@@DesertRatExploration YES! Whatever we do, serves everyone.
Did a 10day trip in a 15 ‘ skiff back in Oct. 78 . Spent on night in the Defiance kiva . Mystical!! The lake was full and so many inlets to camp and swim naked. There was no on the lake at that time of year . At least we didn’t see any . Recommend book to reed . Desert Solitaire . To see it 30 years later is devastating.
That must have been a great experience.
Awesome video. Straight and to the point. Maybe a little slower pans but perfect informational video.
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Wow! It doesn't look like it's gotten any better this Winter. 😮
We won’t see any rise until mid may! It will rise 50 feet.
I friend used to live in Ticaboo and I'd go out every memorial weekend.
folks used to pitch their tents close to the lake and then go out boating all day only to come back and find their campsite underwater. it rises that fast in the late spring.
@Desert Rat Explorations Well, I guess that's a good start. I was there in 2015 for the first time since 1998, and I couldn't believe it, so many places we couldn't go in the boat.
@@DesertRatExploration yes there is a lot of water locked up in the Rocky Mountains
Keep up the good work, also just wondering if you were doing an update with lake mead as well?
Gosh! I would love to do that but just need the time. I live 5 hours from Mead.
@@DesertRatExploration yes I drove that it is a very long drive!
Sin city outdoors does lake mead reports...they just got their filming permit approved which is a new law when filming for social media on public lands.
Lake Powell hit a record low level, since being at full pool in 1980, of 3519.2 feet above msl at 1515 MDT on Wednesday 12th April. The USGS recorded this elevation and I trust their readings.
The upstream reservoirs, particularly Navajo, are on the rise and, it seems, BuWreck is happy to top-up those levels before releasing water downstream to Powell. They have a monster snowpack to play with so Powell could even go slightly lower before coming up agaiin.
All things considered in this juggling act, Powell could feasibly reach 3560 or 3570 this WY but the Upper States still 'owe' CA, AZ, NV and Mexico huge amounts of water.
So, more likely, the water nerds will be happy to see Powell at 3550 and they'll send many millions of acre-feet downstream to comply with the 1922 Compact.
How much Lake Mead will benefit from this snowpack windfall is anyone's guess. I believe the turbines at Hoover Dam are able to generate at elevations down to 950 famsl - 100 feet below the current level - so maybe Mexico will become flooded with all this excess water.
Facts my good sir
@@DesertRatExploration Yeah, I'm extrapolating somewhat.
According to the USGS, which I presume you trust as factual readings, Powell bottomed out at 3519.1 forty hours ago. As I type, the elevation is 3519.8 but any significant rise in Powell depends on releases from Flaming George, Blue Mesa and Navajo reservoirs.
These are the facts.
Nice reporting.
Thanks for sharing///We need to save water///Vegas wake up stop wasting water…we. Red to save water…thanks
I agree conservation is the name of the game. Vegas has done a very good job of reclaiming a lot of water and tearing out lines. The real culprit is southern California and also southern Arizona.
Would be cool if you''re in the area to see the river running 65000 cfs through Hite. Love this vid though!!
I have a new video. Unfortunately I didn't make it to Hite.
Scary. Hope this winter will help
It will indeed. This has been a very generous winter season.
Enjoying you videos. Only one suggestion. Pan the camera more slowly. My old eyes and brain would appreciate it. Love your work.
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From one desert rat to another, that was a good overall production. Keep it up.
Appreciate the feedback. Thank you.
Greetings from the BIG SKY. It's gonna take a lot more than one good year to fill this lake I bet.
Your not wrong. A lot of this years water will go straight to Mead. It’s a balancing act.
82 it filled up pretty nice, they had to put plywood up at the dam, but it wasn't that low.
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Thanks for your videos. I am scheduled to go to Lake Powell in May and try to ride a JetSki to the labyrinth and such.
But I am thinking in get a dirt bike instead would be safer. Hehehehe
Either way that should be a blast.
@@DesertRatExploration do you believe it is possible to go from antelope marina to Cathedral and Gregory arch with the JetSki?
Good question. I’ve driven a jet ski to Rainbow Bridge from Antelope Point and I had to fuel up at Dangling Rope to make the trip back. The only problem now is Dangling Rope is not in service. Closed until further notice. So, if you can fill up a 5 Gal container of gas and strap it to the back of the jet ski maybe. But that’s even risking it. If you could rent a ski at Bullfrog that would be more reasonable.
@@DesertRatExploration I was imagining that. It is reserved in Page City with Surf Lake Powell.
I believe I will have to figured out the labyrinth, and other trails around the area. Visit the toilet bowl 2, and some of the still navigable cracks.
@@DesertRatExploration me and my friend arrive in May on a Friday night or late afternoon, have the Saturday with the skis, leaving Sunday.
It super SAD to see the waters gone we went there every year only the last 2 years because its closed
This year you should be able to!
How did thay marina end up where it is. I understand the water level issue but when the lake refills will that marina float again and if it does is it anchored where it's at ? If it is anchored how will people get to the dock ?
The NPS and Aramark ferried it from Dangling Rope. This section of dock was seriously damaged in a wind storm and with low water levels they decided to scrap it. Well, they have a month to clean all that up before it’s inundated by the rising waters of Lake Powell.
High water last year was ~3540. After towing the various parts of the DR marina buildings into Bullfrog, 19th through 24th April 2022, when the reservoir elevation was ~3522, they hauled it in as the water rose. Then the level dropped again, leaving the whole caboodle high and dry.
So Dangling Rope marina is temporarily parked at 3535. The reservoir could rise 40 feet this year so they'll either extend the anchor lines or haul it towards the shoreline as and when needed.
"If it is anchored how will people get to the dock ?" This is an ex-marina. It's kaput. Nobody will get the best soft ice cream in the Utah desert from this outlet ever again. This marina is for landfill.
If there is ever a replacement it will be built from scratch
All that rain we had I thought the lake would be up more.
It will start to come up next month! It should be 1+ feet rise a day.
Great video. Hopefully the melt will make a dent.
It should definitely!
Doesn't look like it didn't come up much with all the rain?
Hopefully the snow melt will help.
The rain actually made it go up 1.5 feet! Doesn’t seem like much but that’s a lot of water. The snow melt should be next month.
Save water people we ain’t out off the woods
Stop selling alfalfa to Asia!
Federal government needs to do what California did in the 50’s and 60’s. Pipe and canal in surplus water from the Mississippi River when it’s flows are high. Do 2 things, feed these 2 reservoirs and help lessen flooding on the Mississippi basin.
That would be a massive effort, a reasonable effort in a debatable one
I am so glad that you never brought up AGW in the video. It is so refreshing that I hear facts and see what is happening without political crap.
Politics is not what I’m pushing that’s for sure. I’d rather show what in front of me and let people to make their own decisions and views. Thanks for the like!
The place with the dry docked marina, is an old Native American campsite. Don't you think it's strange, it's so flat, squared and rounded in spots? The made Lake Powell and it covered several Native American settlements. Water ruins their dwellings, pretty quickly. Lake Mead too! When they diverted the Colorado River, it stopped the flow of the biggest lake in the west. The other lake. Tulare/Tule Lake is filling back up again, from all the snow and rain. They killed two birds with one River. They starved out the Natives, who lived around Tulare Lake and flooded out the Native Americans in the Lake Powell and Lake Mead areas. At $5 a scalp, Natives didn't stand a chance. Broken treaties. Flat out extermination! Then, they tried to hide their existence. Most man made lakes are like this. Shasta, Folsom, Oroville, Almanore, I could go on and on. Pretty sad. I'm glad the lakes are drying up. I hope they remove the dams and let the rivers go where they are supposed to go. They do more damage than good.
I understand where you’re coming from. A lot of ancient sites were definitely destroyed.
Good example of how your make a decision to help many at the expense of a few.
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Humanity for 1000s of years.
Parts of Glenn Canyon have been revealed again. It's beautiful, but ancient ruins have been lost. Was personally hoping lake would be flushed of silt and river restored.
A lot was lost. The River would take decades to recover. But I would strongly say the ecosystem lost would recover, not be the same but would recover.
Props to governor rampton but don’t forget governor Clyde who was instrumental in getting Powell and other great utah infrastructure built.
That’s awesome to know. Love the history. Keep it coming.
We delivered a houseboat there in 2005. Sure has changed.
2005 was the lowest on record until 2022.
Looks like Mars with some water.
Come visit us here on Mars. We come in peace ✌️
I worked on these floating buildings, restaurant, store, and restrooms and the buoy field to moor your boat in the mid 1980's when the lake was full. We stayed in single wide trailers near the power generation yard that powered all the gas station on the road entrance and whole area. The contractor was DEL WEB CONSTRUCTION. I was 29-30 yrs. old great job, 4 -10hr days with all meals paid, a sack lunch to go on the lake for dinner after work, home to Boulder city NV.. they had a fab yard on Yucca St. there a block from where I lived. They paid us one way 8 hrs. as we drove there every week. Had a lot of fun there water skiing. Question will it ever become the exciting place it used to be ? Said to see. Someone investment gone bust.
That’s cool you have an inside perspective on working on the docs. Was this on Lake Mead?
You'll never again see Lake Mead at 1219 or Lake Powell at 3700. 1983 was as good as it gets. Almost too good.
@@DesertRatExploration I worked only on the buildings and docks, buoy fields that were at Lake Powell. To the buoy fields at Powell there was approx. 2 miles of 1-1/2 galvanized cable in each of the tie-up units and 8 concrete block anchors 12ft x12ft x12ft with winches to tighten the system on a cluster of 3- 4ft round floats welded together. The winches were hand crank Bi-Bi 5 ton We had a barge pick up the anchors in the center threw a hole and they hung below the barge, we put 2 boats right left side and powered to the drop point and cut the cable holding them with a torch and away they went. I'm a retired heavy construction carpenter now. That was only one of many jobs that will never happen again.
Why aren't they pouring concrete to extend the ramp?
It’s so sad and depressing seeing Lake Powell like this. 😢😢😢
I don't know if anyone remembers the flood of 1980? When the Emerald mile ran the Grand Canyon in record time. The record snowpack melted too fast and they thought the Dam could fail. They have to keep it low for now. It will fill up if they guess right!
Damage to the spillways. Oh yeah that must have been a situation.
Starting to look like a river and a canyon.
We can say a personality that has its ups and downs
State line marina ?? where ?
Ron
Should be extending the ramp at this low water level
You would think.
The water when we brought dangling rope up to bullfrog was about 5ft draft
I’m not sure if I know what that is
@@DesertRatExploration dangling rope marina, we towed it up to Bullfrog marina
@@smadahomes that makes sense. What is the 5ft draft though?
@@DesertRatExploration the water depth under the boat
@@smadahomes wow! That’s very shallow. Surprised nothing snagged.
It's sad to see how bad the government is at managing water. The current lake levels in Powell and Mead are a direct reflection of their incompetence.
Not the mention the overpopulation of the desert southwest.
Your not wrong.
And the over production of alfalfa shipped to Asia.
@@DesertRatExploration Agreed 100 percent.
That is going to take years to recover, sad to see this lake drying up. It is officially Powell River.
It’s fluctuating that’s for sure.
The building behind this RUclipsr at the end is the restaurant and hotel they have.
Yes, you are correct. The resturant was closed for the season. Hotel was operating but with only a few rooms occupied.
MAYBE ALL THE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD THE WATER LEVEL
Should come up 50 feet
It's not just unleaded, it's "Dinocare."
Best advertising I’ve seen for gas. Dinosaurs are fossil fuel.
My calc is 70 ft rise from the hefty snow melt.
Maybe less if a great share is released to Mead.
Mead will rise 32 feet.
That’s a honest prediction
@@DesertRatExploration Proportionate to the historic snow packs and lake levels. It would be closer to a 50 ft rise but
with the lake so low it will take less to rise more. As the lake fills it takes more for rising because it spreads out so much.
I questioned the officials some time ago about a seemingly low forecasted rise. The lake was much higher at the time and they explained how is t spreads out and needing more for rising. Rregards
I’m happy that you know your stuff. The way I like to describe it people is think of Lake Powell as a martini glass. Fills up fast when low, fills slow when it’s high.
@@DesertRatExploration 👍
I worked there in the 90s this is a sad thing to see the water levels were much higher breaks my heart I remember working on the houseboats getting them ready for people living in the dorms are sad thing to say
It’s definitely a big change from what it was. But I would strongly say. There should be a second coming of Lake Powell.
@@DesertRatExploration well, I surely hope so. I hope the waters get back up to the levels that I remember them I would love to go back. It has been a very long time I remember so much for my time working there be something wonderful to see again when the water gets back up there. Thank you for your comment.
@@reeceboyer1248 I appreciate your story. Thank you!
Is that structure a floating arrangement?! Sad state of affairs:(
Definitely a little disarray.
It has a long ways to go till full
Indeed. Also, we have Mead to consider.
I guess no ferry boat to Bull Frog anymore?
Come back and see me this Friday. 😉
"they" are controlling the water
The Colorado River can be turned off at the flick of a switch
Shocking, when you think the ferry was crossing? Tourist activity on both sides of the lake… how could they have Broker the water away.
Where is the trees 🌳
East of the 100th Meridian
Next time you are in the middle of the bay, can you look for the keys to a 1996 Dodge Ram and send them to me? They should be with a fishing pole, a can of Bud Light in a coozie, a punctured blowup doll, gear lube, and a bikini top. Please dont judge.
Hmm 🤔
Better clean that crap up. Lakes forecasted to rise 50’ in the next few months
Yeah, that’s a lot of work!
Funny, I work for EDA.
That’s awesome. If you’re able to access the EDA archives, you’re probably find what I’m talking about.
Gas is 2.3 X× the price pwr gallon
Where you lactated? Page, AZ prices are about $3.80
I hope that pile of metal gets picked up so it doesn't become another "artifact" for future years.
I’m not sure about that. They have a month before the Lake starts to rise. That’s a lot of work and I think it doesn’t float.
Budwieser king of beers
Mybe just mybe dont build a lake in the desert?🤦
You’d think, right? A lot of water wasted to evaporation in the summer. Both Mead and Powell.
I think the real concern is the building of millions of homes in an area with little water resources.
Get a drone
Park Service do not like drones. They are banned here.
Just don't bring a boat with you.
Jet Ski?
This begs the question, really, where did all the water go, and why ? I do not buy the drought story !
To the fields and cities.
WOW, this is sad. I used to go there over 10 years ago, AND I LOVE THAT PLACE! I have many GREAT memories from there and I hoped the water level would have come down after a very wet Spring out west. Thanks for the video information, now I am going to go grieve for Lake Powell.
It should come up a lot this spring!