Cooper tomorrow 5/17
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Topic: Cooper tomorrow 5/17
Posted By: Fenix747
Subject: Cooper tomorrow 5/17
Date Posted: 16 May 2013 at 11:11pm
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Heading to the Cooper tomorrow. Should be fun time if anyone wants to join. Fitw afterward. Or anything with water. ------------- "Full Face" Andy |
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Posted By: Jed Hawkes
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 6:50am
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Let us know what 2600 cfs on the inflow feels like, I'm thinking of taking my raft down and was thinking that 2000 cfs + would be what it would take. Norms should be pretty stompin' at this level.
Have fun. ------------- The line will become apparent 978-273-7723 |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 8:35am
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Fenix for sure let us know. In general hear are my thoughts. In the early season most of the water is coming from the Cle Elum (China Gorge) on the inflow figures. That is because that drainage is further east and gets warmer much quicker. The cooper puts out more water in the late season than it does in the early season. So it can be normal flows at this time of year, then Booming in June and back to normal in July as all the snow is melting off. Take a photo of the Wall of Voodoo where the notch sticks out that will give a good indicator of the rivers level. Another reason not many people go up there at this time of year is snow. http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/okawen/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5376262 - http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/okawen/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5376262 Snowed in 3 miles from the bridge which would mean you might or might not make it to the put in without some effort. |
Posted By: Scott_H
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 9:39am
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Anyone been up at Snoqualmie Pass lately to check snow levels at the FITW put in?
------------- “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.” |
Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 9:45am
| can you get to the put in right now? |
Posted By: Scott_H
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 9:49am
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Hopefully someone can chime in with first hand knowledge, but the WSDOT pass cam closest to it shows a whole lot of bare ground.
http://www.wsdot.com/traffic/passes/snoqualmie/default.aspx - http://www.wsdot.com/traffic/passes/snoqualmie/default.aspx ------------- “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.” |
Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 9:58am
| maybe fitw but I would be doubtful you could get in to the cooper right now. |
Posted By: JayN
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 10:03am
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As of Last Sunday, the FITW road was pretty damn bare. Fenix and I are going to check it out today... Should have an update this evening. Cheers, J |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 10:05am
| There is snow on the banks of FITW but the road is bare as of a report from Tuesday that I got. I don't know about the cooper and I don't want to persuade Fenix from going up there since a report would be nice but my guess is like Ellingferd says probably snowed in about 2/3rds of the way up the road. With the right rig, some aired down tires and warm booties you could still make it happen though... |
Posted By: Fenix747
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 10:16am
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The road to Cooper is good to go as of last Tuesday. Tpot checked it out, water was high but has come down since then. ------------- "Full Face" Andy |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 11:32am
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Yo Fenix- thanks for the Cooper Access Report. With no mid level snow left anywhere else I am not surprised the road into the Cooper is clear of snow. I'm tellin ya, Ellingferd: sh*ts already melting quick. I'd be OH SO happy to be wrong about this, but talking to hikers coming out of The Enchantments, ect. Seems to indicate a very different pattern than the last few years.
T-Pot: yall call on me next time you rally the Cooper, ok? ------------- 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋 |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 11:39am
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Originally posted by JayN
As of Last Sunday, the FITW road was pretty damn bare. Fenix and I are going to check it out today... Should have an update this evening.Cheers,J And, Btw: it's Cupdate, when talking about how Fit the Wah is...  ------------- 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋 |
Posted By: Fenix747
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 12:09pm
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Yes cup date report coming tonight ------------- "Full Face" Andy |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 12:23pm
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Sweet. Maybe me n the gf gonna rally some Seattle errand soon and the Shiva can come along. But the Shiva has made it clear in no uncertain terms that it wants the "Cup That Over Runneth".
I'm cool w/ that too, except *GULP* Fisherman's. I told my boat about my highwater swim there. She just started dissing the Salto, saying how it couldn't put down a line on a sheet of paper. That's a bit drastic, but I bet the Shiva would do much better in the approach, and especially the boof there. Seems like such a harmless drop, but add enough water and get stuck there, and damn if ain't pretty difficult to get out. Ok. Is it time to reboot a FITWah thread yet? ------------- 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋 |
Posted By: tiziak
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 3:13pm
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I can't wait for FITW laps! Let us know man. ------------- If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. Daniel Patrinellis 360.434.4616 |
Posted By: pottert
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 3:30pm
| Official word on the Cooper: Still too high. The flake in the Wall of Voodoo is totally covered, looks runnable but is high. The tree across the top of the entry slide is still there and the right sneak/duck is extra tight. With only two of us today, we decided to wait till it comes down a bit. I was up there on tuesday and it has come down significantly since then so maybe soon she will be good to go. |
Posted By: JayN
Date Posted: 17 May 2013 at 7:30pm
| However the word on fitw is....,,,,,,,, totally good to go! Typing this at the takeout... Cup is about half full and it is totally free of wood! |
Posted By: tiziak
Date Posted: 20 May 2013 at 5:25am
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Did anyone get on the Cooper?
------------- If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. Daniel Patrinellis 360.434.4616 |