Floating on the 22nd of June

[Dan the fisherman]

I'm planning on floating from cedar grove to two rivers campsite. I'm about 4 hrs away from the current.. Can n e one tell me what a safe water level would be on the gauge? With all this rain I'm worried it might be flooded out. N e advice would be helpful.

[awhuber]

The ONSR will close the river when the gage hits a level mentioned in the superintendents compendium on their web site

They will put the closing on facebook page but not the website.

 

 

http://www.nps.gov/ozar/learn/management/upload/OZAR-Supt-Com_Signed-050815.pdf

[Dan the fisherman]

Thanks for the info.

[Flysmallie]

You may be planning on it but I don't think you are floating this weekend. Sucks I know but they are expecting a lot of rain. Better safe than dead.

Call one of the canoe outfitters before making the 4 hour drive.

[awhuber]

You may be planning on it but I don't think you are floating this weekend. Sucks I know but they are expecting a lot of rain. Better safe than dead.

Call one of the canoe outfitters before making the 4 hour drive.

Yep. We have had 1+ inches today and the real rain is coming in later. I was down yesterday evening and the water was perfect. There were a few over-nighters that were getting off today.

[Dan the fisherman]

This weather is kill me.... But thanks for the heads up. I'll call 2 rivers tomorrow and listen to what they say. It's crazy cuz my brother and I have been waiting for a stretch of nice weather to float.. Looks like it might be nice next week but the river may be flooded out. Go figure. My bro leaves July 6 back to California also. This week may be the last opportunity to float with the 4th coming up and all. I definitely won't float if it's dangerous.. Not worth my life :-/

[awhuber]

The water as of a few minutes ago was great. The weatherpersons are backing off on the totals.

This weather is kill me.... But thanks for the heads up. I'll call 2 rivers tomorrow and listen to what they say. It's crazy cuz my brother and I have been waiting for a stretch of nice weather to float.. Looks like it might be nice next week but the river may be flooded out. Go figure. My bro leaves July 6 back to California also. This week may be the last opportunity to float with the 4th coming up and all. I definitely won't float if it's dangerous.. Not worth my life :-/

[Don]

I thing flood stage is 4 ft at the Akers gauge. We had a trip planed from Cedargrove to Akers today but cancelled because we wanted a slow leisurely float with gravel bars, not a fast float. Gauge at Akers was around 2.5 ft while ago and still floatable. Good thing about that stretch of river is that it has a small watershed and recovers from high water relatively quickly.

[Dan the fisherman]

Well I finally got out there this week. I floated from Thursday to Sunday. I launched out of cedar grove and finished up at 2 rivers. Unfourtutionitly it was nothing like the trip I had last spring.... It was a barrage of jet boats and drunken floaters.

Last spring we only encountered 2 floaters which was no problem to me, especially when it was just a small family have a nice float... This time was very different. I'm sure it had to do with the fact that's summer is in full swing and we floated through the weekend. But I did learn something. Avoid the current in summer if u don't like massive crowds and jet boats. I still love the current. And I guess everyone else does too, I'll make sure to float it during off season next time.