Made a good run at Fordyce last weekend. There was some serious run off on almost every trail up there. No snow at driveline hill. We made it to the ridge right before the first crossing where it drops off two the left big time. That section of trail is narrow with no snow. Anyway I tried to cross that section, but my rig kept slipping into the canyon and I had to be winched back to keep from falling in. Going back up this weekend to try to break trail a little further...

sounds good, how did you slip off the trail into the canyon if there was no snow on that section.


Ian-

I should clariy, that section is narrow even without snow, so the snow makes it even worse...

we are heading up there is Sunday,should be at the staging area about 10am
, just talked to my PG&E friend,, he increased the flows out of Fordyce today to 150 cfs,, but said the 1st crossing should be closer to about 200cfs with all the runoff,,,

Originally posted by webilt
we are heading up there is Sunday,should be at the staging area about 10am
, just talked to my PG&E friend,, he increased the flows out of Fordyce today to 150 cfs,, but said the 1st crossing should be closer to about 200cfs with all the runoff,,,

What does that mean in english? How high is the river.

Ian-

I'm going to be up there the weekend of the 21st w/ a group. Please post what you find this weekend.

Originally posted by COMPLAINE


What does that mean in english? How high is the river.

Ian-

Should be real low, I went through the 1st at 475fps at around 4'! pushed me 10-15' down stream:D

200 cfs is child's play. ;)

Originally posted by SeaBass44


Should be real low, I went through the 1st at 475fps at around 4'! pushed me 10-15' down stream:D

475, eh? So it was worse than this? (470 cfs)
http://www.pirate4x4.com/trailreports/fordyce_0899/4th_timbo.jpg

Dayum, that was a while ago......I remember that trip:( I think that's when I first got bitten by the Dana 60 bug. I'll dig up some of my pics. The river sure was flowing that weekend...

Originally posted by Lance


475, eh? So it was worse than this? (470 cfs)
http://www.pirate4x4.com/trailreports/fordyce_0899/4th_timbo.jpg
Maybe it was 375:eek: I remember that pic. I'll have to dig mine up and scan it;)

HA HA HA HA! That's to funny! I call that pick an official BS meter!

Ok here are 2 pics so u can see how far the current pushed me down stream. Just before the 2nd pic the water dunked to cover the headlights and up to the top of the hood, hole in the ground. someone got some video of it, but I never got a copy I didn't know them.

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UHH...... Seabass thats :rainbow: Looks like it moved your truck about 5 feet. LOL

Yeah, and what's up with the 'Truck'? I thought you had a Sammy now... :eek: First you have no wheeler, now you have two?? :eek::eek:

Oh wait, I see. The truck belongs to those two girls and you're just driving it across for them... :laughing: :D

I think everybody ONCE had a toyota :flipoff2: Can't wait to get back on that trail...

That pic is from 3 years ago, and I don't want to hear about how :rainbow: it looks, it was deeper then anyone else in my group could have gone through:D that's why I came back across;)
it was movin fast, as I said the pic was takin right after the deep part:flipoff2: :flipoff2: later I gota go put new fuel hose on the zuk/chev/toy thing:vader2: :vader2:

CFS= Cubic Foot per Second, there are aprox 450 Gallons per minute in 1 CFS,,,,


One of the PG&E operators once told me, that while they were flying the river in the helocopter,about 7 years ago, they noticed about 8 people on the other side of the 1st river crossing at Fordyce,, all looking downstream,,, so they flew back over to see if they needed help,,thats when they saw 3 CJs all strapped together and about 100 feet downstream under about 15 feet of water,, the Jeeps were all on their wheels,, and even had all the gear tied down on their racks,!!!,, just under water, they told the PG&E guys that they thought it would be safer to just strap all the rigs together,, but when the 1st and 2nd Jeeps started floating downstream,, the 3rd just became their kite tail,, and off they went,!!!:)