Best view of the Castle Rock Cutoff

[LovinPowell]

Here is the best picture of the Castle Rock Cutoff that I have seen so far. I picked it off of the WW site, so I have to give credit where credit is due. But is a great picture of what the current situation is. They also had a picture of a houseboat idling through, so it is now possible, if even still risky, for a houseboat (one at a time) to make it through. This picture also shows what could be covered up with water as it continues to rise. For those not familiar with the place, back in the old days, castle rock was essentially an island, we would often go for a swim around the entire thing.
It could so popular (and crowded) that they might have to put a "traffic cop" out there.

[Timmy!]

That is a beautiful picture!

[G-MONEY]

Yes it is

[eks]

Nice picture LovinPowell!

[mtnsmith]

That is awesome, our cutoffs only get about 3 feet high, with a bird standing on them, I sure miss texture to the land!

[larryueckert]

that picture

[shake-n-bake]

I hope by next year it will return to the old days when you could drive your boat all the way around the face of the rock!

[Jeffe]

a few more photos and a new clip:

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3508813

[Matt Garcia]

Cool thanks for explaining. For people like me that have never been there it was hard understanding what you all where referring to.

What is the reason Powell has dried up so much?

[jwanck11]

That is an awesome picture. How wide is the cutoff at this point. It looks really slim from that picture, but the distance I am sure is deceiving.

[spharis]

I am going to guess Powell has dried up to satiate the green lawns, pools, and car wash schedules of those that need it as a reservoir.

Story about the overuse of water as a resource: The company I work for is National, and one of our divisions is in Phoenix. Older guys say when they lived in Phoenix years ago, no one had grass and evaporative cooling worked great. Now, everyone has green lawns and you have to use a true central air unit to keep cool due to the amount of humidity introduced by the residents living there.

[LovinPowell]

What is the reason Powell has dried up so much?

Drought, Drought and more Drought. For about the past 7 years.

[LovinPowell]

Just thought that I would add an edited photo of the same showing when the water is high that just about everything that you see in the photo would be underwater, with the exception of the huge rock in the middle (obviously, Castle Rock) and the smaller spires to the left. When the water is that high, it is quickest to go by castle rock on the left side between those smaller rocks than it is on the right were the cut is not.

The yellow line shows the approximate high water level.



PS. Photobucket is a beautiful thing.

[jwanck11]

Wow, that is a massive amount of water...

[sparky216]