We had a chance to take a look around today. Here's what it looks like currently in the campground...
It's scheduled to open on Thursday. I'm thinking some snow is going to have to melt before anyone tries to bring a camper in here.
We stopped to pick up uniforms, IDs, and car stickers. Joan starts tomorrow, and she's going to have a bunch of work to do. The store needs to be cleaned and stocked. The front door is reasonably accessible...
Of course, the other entrance may need to be cleared a bit...
Yes, that is snow piled higher than the door is tall.
Last year when I started, they already had the boats in the water. It looks a bit different this year...
The lake is topped with a slushy layer of ice; the water below that has been drawn down to the point that Colter Bay doesn't have enough water to launch the boats at this time. The snowpack this year is WAY above normal; the water content of that snowpack is also above normal. The Bureau of Land Reclamation folks are very concerned about flooding if we should have a rapid runoff... so, they have let the lake water out the dam, bringing the lake down to around 50%. I have been told that a rapid runoff (high temperatures and rain) could fill the lake again in less than a week. All we can do is wait and see, but the talk is that the marina opening will be somewhere around the 10th to 12th of June.
It's sure to be an interesting season.
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