SF Stilly Gauge
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Printed Date: 11 Oct 2025 at 1:22pm
Topic: SF Stilly Gauge
Posted By: kurle
Subject: SF Stilly Gauge
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 11:30am
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anyone know if the gauge is broken? or correct? also, if it really is in the 5ft range, does anybody want to paddle robe this week/weekend?
Matt |
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Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 1:46pm
| I'm in for Sun. 11? |
Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 1:50pm
| if you look at the aw gauge readings it would appear everything is working alright. i would be in for robe sat or sun, or both. |
Posted By: McCain
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 9:21pm
| would anyone mind if a raft came along. We have rafted robe a few times an the lw and recently ernies so hopefully we would not hold you up but would love to tag along as like to have safety. We also have the ability to carry a lot of beer for everyone on the paddle out. |
Posted By: huckin harms
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 7:52am
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Just a heads up... Darrin went solo into Robe yesterday (12/16); I thought by now he would've posted up some of the changes, as there are a few. T1, Landslide, Garbage and so on.... At anyrate the guage is off... he got off run around 6.1 while the online guage reports the level lower - .3 digits lower maybe? Nyways, scout it out....
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Posted By: jondufay
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 8:02am
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seems like the hydrograph is off, but the data being recorded as the last reading seems to be closer to the real number. ------------- ahh, f--- it dude, lets go boating... |
Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 8:15am
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Which hydrograph are you talking about? The NW forecast or the AW page? What are the changes!!!
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Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 8:19am
| If he got off at 6.1 yesterday I would say the gauge is .3 lower when looking at the readings on AW. That would also make the NW river forecast gauge correct which means it is at 5.6 right now. |
Posted By: jondufay
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 8:25am
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get to work ellingturd, ------------- ahh, f--- it dude, lets go boating... |
Posted By: huckin harms
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 8:27am
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yeah, I think the best reading is off the NW forecast guage which is probably pretty close to the stick. Not sure why or how that could be (James?) but does make sense in light Darrin's info...
as far as specifics on changes that should come straight from the horses mouth: I'd just be sharing stuff I didn't really see, and of course that is just about worthless.
Rob said the changes sounded to be for the 'worse' according to his version from Darrin, and Last Sunshine is one of those spots that is not better... but then it was 6' so who know how it goes at 5'. One bit of good news is that big wood jam below Sunshine is gone. Gonna be chilly this weekend, but can't imagine that keeping Robers out of the canyon. The gnomes will be waiting  ------------- |
Posted By: WA-Boater
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 11:27am
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The data reported at this website is about .05 to .1 off in relation to the river gauge (river gauge reads higher than web gauge): http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph_to_xml.php?gage=gflw1&output=tabular USGS is off by .3 (river gauge higher than website data). Things have shifted around in there a bit. Several rapids are different. I wouldn't say it is better or worse, just different. On a good note, Garbage is much cleaner w/o wood (RR side is good to go), there is a new 6' ledge somewhere above Landslide and no wood to be concerned with. Last Sunshine is much different. The water was above the trail that goes along T1/T2 and Last sunshine. Crazy. Darren ------------- |
Posted By: kurle
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 11:47am
| Whats up with last sunshine? still a sweet kicker? |
Posted By: kurle
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 11:51am
| so who is in for sat and/or sunday? 11am both days? |
Posted By: wwaddict
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 11:57am
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I'm in for tomorrow. 11 at the takeout. Probably give you a shout in the morning after checking levels. -joe |
Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 12:00pm
| I'm in for 11 am at the takeout tomorrow. Going to be a cold one, bring the pogies. |
Posted By: kurle
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 12:04pm
Sweet 
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Posted By: WA-Boater
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 4:05pm
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Last Sunshine: a lot of the boulders that made the big dam/fence have flushed down stream 20-30 feet. It is now more or less a double drop. There are multiple lines (river right, a few down the center and the standard river left line). There is now a 2nd ledge & hole just below the first (original) drop. The river left kicker is still sort of there; it's shorter, the hole looks worse (more of a pocket) and it pushes you back towards the left wall through a chute. I'm sure it will look different at lower flows. A quick scout is probably a lot simpler than trying to understand my description. It might not be the sweet kicker it used to be, but it is certainly better than the previous version (8-10yrs ago) and it will be fun trying out all the new lines. My guess is the entire run may not flow as good at say 5.25' now as it did before. We'll probably find that out tomorrow. ------------- |
Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 7:58pm
| so is that a definite yes to 11? |
Posted By: kurle
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 8:32pm
| yes, definitely. see you out there. |
Posted By: septimus prime
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 8:46pm
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Ill be there.
------------- Jon Shell Bee |
Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 10:07pm
| see you there |
Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2010 at 8:17am
| Anyone up for carpooling, hit me up on here. I'm on Cap Hill. |
Posted By: rockarolla
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2010 at 9:18am
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Brett leaving soon call me ------------- Dave Moroles. 253 241 8550. |
Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2010 at 9:38am
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Dave, I don't have your number. I left my phone in Index. call me here: 310-414-7782
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Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 12:47pm
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Originally posted by McCain
We also have the ability to carry a lot of beer for everyone on the paddle out.  Heard that one before. Guys, DO NOT put on unless you actually see the beer. Dude, you still never hooked me up after promising such after shoehorning your way onto my trip while I was trying to squeeze in a much needed race run just before the race.
Then after dutifully trying to rescue your raft at the brink above Catcher's Mit, your sloppy ass NOVICE raft rigging damn near entrapped me and entangled me. (I been a raft guide since the 80's, homeboy I know the ways it ought to be rigged, tried to share them with you even)
What do you want, a Cookie?
No, would be my answer. Cookies don't cut it, and neither do cookie cutter approaches to whitewater.
Beer is customary and You're on my sh*tlist till I recieve mine.
Soory man, now I'm laughin
 Your post just opened up a can of jPclassic that has been on the shelf expired too long.
 The good news is all of this banter is actually meant all in good fun. Maybe once you get a clue in a few years we'll be able to relate to one another, but till then I don't respect your stunts too much because of your blatent disrespectfull approach. Magizines shots and cameos in the vids don't make you an expert. Skill, judgement, and finesse do. That's just my opinion, but I figure since I let all of my friends know my opinion it would be disingenuous not to let you know it too.
But it's just boat'n dude, so don't take me seriously. Yeah you started at the top and finished at the bottom. You've run some sh*t for sure, I'll grant you that. But there are other river born objects out there that run the sh*t too. Driftwood, for example.
Ah, but here is where I must aplaud you because you have transended Driftwood, to be sure. Lady's and Gents let it be known that this stuntman is No Driftwood. Because, along the way, the journey inevitbly will shape you if you beat the clock and gain more experience before you get unlucky. I saw that video chunk of you running the "Split Falls" on Ernies- Not an easy line to hit in a raft at all. As the curret shoved your boat into that undercut-ish rock on R. Left, you scrambled forward in time to help the raft get through. Worked out nicely, it looks like.
So, damn it, ok -- I'll grant you a teeny tiny amopunt of respect for having completed Ernies, begrudgingly! Just kiddin around dude, congrats! ------------- 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋 |
Posted By: fiddleyak
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 2:23pm
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Gonna come to Dan's defense on this one... I'm sure some your warning and lessons ring true, but I think the reason you didn't get beer after that trip (I even got some cookies in the mail!) was the characteristic JP-style rant delivered riverside when we were just trying to have a chill trip down the river. ------------- |
Posted By: 1150lbsofaire
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2010 at 10:11pm
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hahahahahahahahah, jp i love you
dan you still owe me a keg from your first trip down the truss ben and brad r sell outs ------------- lookin for a bow cap for a storm |
Posted By: xanthopb
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 9:40am
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Sell out? I blame Josh. I was suppose to be on Robe that day and Josh bailed. I think he went to cut down a Christmas tree with his girl. Weak. -Brad ------------- O-Qua Tangin Wann |
Posted By: 1150lbsofaire
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 10:19am
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sell out wasn't the word i really wanted to use but figured it was appropriate considering thats what you were calling ben the night before.
i still love you too brad ------------- lookin for a bow cap for a storm |
Posted By: shrek
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 10:27am
| I cut it down with an axe on the side of the highway. I love the Christmas so much. |
Posted By: xanthopb
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 10:43am
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And I heard Annie was the look out for the po po. She's a keeper. Hans, let's keep this thread on topic. Who's going to get the first raft descent on the "new" robe? -b ------------- O-Qua Tangin Wann |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 11:55am
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Originally posted by xanthopb Hans, let's keep this thread on topic. Who's going to get the first raft descent on the "new" robe? -b I don't think that goal is possible around here... considering this thread went from a gauge discussion to trip planning to trash talking, I am going to say were right on par! Now to keep on track, I cut a christmas tree down this year in Hancock timber land up the N.Fork road and a fish and wildlife guy caught me red handed... He was cool though and said either throw it out or get a ticket. So I threw it out ... Then I asked where I can go to do it legally and he said anywhere around here was legal to harvest down trees but to cut a fresh one you have to drive another 5 miles up the road. When he left I went back out and picked up the tree I cut down, as I walked back up to my van with the tree the guy yells at me and asks me what I was thinking, as if I did not notice he was waiting just down the road. I responded I am picking up a down tree that some yahoo must have not wanted it. He told me he deals with these yahoos all the time and if I took the tree I would get a ticket, so I threw it back. We did this about 2 or 3 more times before he finally said just take the dang tree... by that time I wish I had driven further up the road because the tree was all beat ... But as ugly as this tree is it represents the meaning of Christmas in my house. |
Posted By: shrek
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 12:47pm
| The true meaning of Christmas.....sticking it to the man. Nice work being a total A-hole and keeping your tree. |
Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 1:51pm
classic PP thread. thanks PP!! 
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Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2010 at 1:38pm
| So if I understand the new levels right, 4.7 on the NOAA predictor page is equivalent to the old 5.0 level? |