CO 1st Rifle Weather Warning

[justinspicher]

to help understand what the weather is doing here, look at the river flows….

Vallecito creek went from 80 CFS to 884 since midnight.

 

[Bulldawg]

That's pretty incredible. I do wonder if/how much is going to make it to the other side of the divide. Hope not much haha.

to help understand what the weather is doing here, look at the river flows….

Vallecito creek went from 80 CFS to 884 since midnight.

 

[Levy_ken]

Sliding sideways on slanted roads is a pucker factor, be prepared.

One of my favorite pastimes

 

[lak2004]

to help understand what the weather is doing here, look at the river flows….

Vallecito creek went from 80 CFS to 884 since midnight.

Last weekend we camped up there and it went from 40's to high 300's overnight and I thought that was a lot of rain! This storm has already tripled that and isn't done!
Looks like snow up high starting next week, we'll see.

 

[TaperPin]

That’s good information - it’s going to catch a lot of guys off guard.

Some years ago we were in a drainage with some big bowls that emptied into the creek we walked across near the trailhead. A really big rain had the ankle deep creek up to our crotches with a flow fast enough I wouldn’t have waded it for fly fishing. We debated taking packs off and floating them across, but it quickly became clear the added weight was an advantage helping keep our feet firmly planted. Unbuckle your belts and sternum strap, shuffle your feet along the bottom and stand side by side going across. Other than a bad lightning storm, easily the most dangerous event I’ve been a part of in the back country.