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NateW
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Topic: Cherry Hole (Upper Tumwater) Beta Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 9:46am |
After hearing about this feature quite often, I finally made it up there to check it out. I do most of my playboating on the Wenatchee I haven't had much experience playing in holes. I found Cherry hole to be fun, challenging, and offering pretty good eddy service. Looking at the Plain gauge the flow was ~3250 CFS on Friday when we were on it. On Friday, I'd describe the hole as quite good, but a little flushy in the middle of the feature.
The river page description of the feature seems to show the range as 3800 - 5000, but I'm thinking that is referencing the Peshastin gauge? Problem is that the inflows, especially from the Icicle can probably mess a bit with how accurate this number is. The beta I've gotten from people say that ~4300-4500 on Peshastin gauge is ideal.
I was wondering if anyone with more experience with Cherry hole has a good idea of the ranges that it's in using the Plain gauge or perhaps some dates they were out there, so I could look at what the Plain gauge was reading. I think it'd be worth getting the information on the river updated as this is another great spot on the Wenatchee.
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water wacko
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Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 11:14am |
Nate, you might just be the man for the job! Documenting some of the levels along with the season (winter/summer) is how we can dial in a good flow range for the Plain gauge. I agree it's a more accurate gauge and the Tum zone would be better served by it. Thanks!
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NateW
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Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 12:37pm |
Nah we need a der town boater to go up there and eyeball it. Maybe Tpot can get a bus route that goes up to Lake Wenatchee and he can make unscheduled stops there to check it out.
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pottert
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Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 3:33pm |
Next time the levels come up I'll cruise up there and do a study on it. 4000 on the Peshastin gauge has always been prime time for me. We definitely gotta start working that Plain gauge more!
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