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June 15, 2011

Ready To Rise

We drove out to Moon Lake a few days ago.  With the high snowpack in the mountains beginning to melt, we expected the lake (actually a reservoir) to be full. 
Not so.  The water managers had let out as much water as possible, preparing for record amounts of water expected to flow down from the High Uintas as temperatures rise and melt the snow. 
Here's the reservoir on June 24, 2010, at close to full capacity.
 On the way, we saw this pretty elk cow grazing near the road. 
She must be used to cars passing.  She was curious, but not overly concerned about us.  I hope she develops a better sense of caution before hunting season.
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13 comments:

  1. UnknownWednesday, June 15, 2011

    Always interesting with the snow melt how they can think so far in advance, i.e., seeing it coming miles away. Floods in Florida can strike on a single storm, or more usually, a series of them.

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  2. BarbWednesday, June 15, 2011

    The same is happening in Summit - Lake Dillon's water is actually low because they have released some in anticipation of our snowmelt. That elk is a beauty!

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  3. GaelynWednesday, June 15, 2011

    Lake Powell is rising also.

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  4. CynthiaThursday, June 16, 2011

    Since I work for a water agency, I get to sit in on those meetings. It's been interesting to see how we try and plan for these things. Even so, most of the northern reservoirs have 2x's the processing capacity of the dams in expected snowmelt. This is totally unprecedented this late in the year. Should be wild!

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  5. GayleThursday, June 16, 2011

    That is a beautiful elk. Very healthy looking.

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  6. Yogi♪♪♪Thursday, June 16, 2011

    That is a beautiful elk. I'm concerned about her longevity in the Fall.

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  7. Busy Bee SuzThursday, June 16, 2011

    She is a beauty....I hope she is more cautious when hunting season opens up as well. Still snow in the mountains??? Oy.

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  8. JohnThursday, June 16, 2011

    That is breathtaking scenery and a great shot of the elk!

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  9. kayerjFriday, June 17, 2011

    that's a beautiful picture of the lake. It's nice to know the snow has melted. We're supposed to go camping on top of the Manti next week. Do you think we'll freeze?

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  10. DawnFriday, June 17, 2011

    I cannot believe how open and large your land seems to be. It seems you can see forever out there.
    Breathtaking. You're very lucky!

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  11. IndaySaturday, June 18, 2011

    I don't like them being killed! Oh please!!!

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  12. EcoRoverSaturday, June 18, 2011

    That's one tame elk. This past week has been "calves on parade." We too have record snow pack. Saw the first peak on the hydrograph, and once the high country snow starts coming off we could see a second peak at record levels.

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  13. Esther GarviSaturday, June 18, 2011

    What a beautiful creature!!

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