Heading up there in the morning till wednesday. Not sure what to expect but it will be an adventure for sure!

Confirmed that as some time today the Spillway gates will be opened again to 1000-1100 cfs. Depending on the rain and in flow from the north it is possible to see flows as high 2009. But that is not determined yet.

They are pulling stop logs out at EH bridge and the bridge by the fly shop again. They will definitely raise the flow today, might even be happening right now. If you are going there be very careful and be prepared to get out of the water quickly.

Alright, gates are definitely open already and they have evacuated the park. This sounds a lot like 2009, fingers crossed that it won't get that bad.

The word now is that they have opened all 8 gates on the Spillway and water is blowing now. The word I have hear is it around the 2009 levels right now. Pics on the Lower Mounta Fork River Foundation Facebook.

Not great and if you look you can find pics of the water flowing over the road at the Cold Hole. Hopefully there won't be as much damage as 2009. At least there are no footbridges to be blown out?

Well, that's sad...

The flows are over 10,000 cfs! The cold hole brige over lost creek is gone, the culvert and road crossing will be next, Lost Creek will be wiped out as will the evening hole bridge and possibly the fly shop! Let's hope he has good insurance or was smart enuff to get all of his inventory out of the shop. This breaks my heart we worked some many long days, weeks & months to get the river back disable after 2009. This is going to be worse....

The lake went over the gates at 7:40 pm and The flow in SWC is over 12,000 and Eddie went to save the shop but may not have been able to reach it in time.

I've been in touch with his guys today and it is worse than anyone was told it would be even a few hours ago.

BBOK

Denny

Man this really stinks it was really starting to look way up. Prayers to all those in the path of the water. I hope when the water goes down the damage is less than expected.

The latest just of the message board from the Beavers Bend Fly Shop.

It is final... The Corp just opened the gate 1'. Yes, 12", well above our 6" or 8" expectation. Eddie is on his way down right now and Jim Miller the head of the Park said the Corp opened to 12" with the possibility of 18". Cold hole bridge - Gone... They told Eddie the Cold hole bridge was wiped as soon as the initial push hit. Water is now over all of the bridges. Park is shut down near the river. Jim Miller said the level is higher than 2009. Lets pray there is still a fly shop there to visit when this is over.

all 8 gates open to 2 feet, releasing 21,000 cfs, current lake inflow is 70,000 cfs

8 gates 24" each.....wow is all I can say....I ran in to the game warden Saturday and he only expected 8 gates 8" each, so I guess no one was ready for this. It seems like we just recovered from the last flood, and it looks like this one is two to three times as bad. I sure hope everyone made it out of the park alright and everyone is safe. It sure is a bummer but the important thing is that everyone is ok. hopefully they can draw the lake down quickly so the damage can be assessed and the river can be repaired and restored as soon as possible.

Sad, very sad. I hope no one was hurt in that. The holiday crowds were getting thick Friday when we left...

Courtesy of Aaron at the Fly Shop...

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Above picture is the cold hole parking lot. The first picture is looking at the fly shop.

Sad.