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maxsolomon

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4. Dead Pool is definitely coming for Lake Bowel.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:53 PM

Yesterday

I had the pleasure (mostly) of rafting the San Juan above the lake's slack water 10 years ago.

The amount of silt built up on the riverbed turned the last few miles before the Clay Hills takeout into a miserable experience - wading through mucky silt pulling the raft into a fierce headwind, rocking it over sand bars. That silt isn't going anywhere for generations.

Lake Powell was a serious miscalculation.

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Oh well. SalamanderSleeps Yesterday #1

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