The Bighorn River was hit hard with two weeks of heavy rain forcing it's tributaries to swell beyond their means increasing the Bighorn River to historic cfs levels.
I woke up this morning to find nearly one foot of water flowing over the 13 mile access road into our lawn and driveway. After an hour of tractor work, Carlo cleared the nearby culverts and water started flowing into the bass pond and out into the river. Driving down to our boat ramp to check things out, I noticed the water in the river looked higher than I'd seen it in 2009 when the river peaked at 12,900 cfs.
The guides decided to take a drive and check out the local tributaries and the nearby Saint Xavier bridge which was reported to be at flood stage. The top two photos are taken at BRL's boat ramp. The following photos are near Saint Xavier bridge.
Things are getting back to normal this evening as the rain slows down and the standing water receeds. We celebrate the evening with local friends over dinner and all agree that the mass amounts of rain and water levels are the highest any of us have seen in the last ten years. Always an adventure at the lodge! Check out current river flows at www.usgs.gov.
Written by Janel Boshoff
Comments (2)
Ralene Boshoff:
May 25, 2011 at 07:18 AM
Oh my Gosh! It looks bad but I am glad that things are getting back to normal - I hope.
Keep up the good work with the cleaning up and rebuilding everything that was damaged.
Thinking od you.
Matt Clawson:
May 25, 2011 at 09:44 PM
Roads to the river are back open. River flows on the upper sectios of the river, Bighorn access and above, are stable and fishing. Sow bugs, baetis nymphs, tan and pink soft hackles have all been working well.
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