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Dropping Water Levels Threaten To Close Another Lake Powell Boat Ramp

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By Compiled From N... - September 19th, 2022

Declining lake levels are about to claim another boat ramp at Lake Powell/Kurt Repanshek file

By the time you read this, the Bullfrog North Ramp at Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area might be closed to houseboats and larger vessels.

On Friday the park staff said that once lake levels reach 3,529 feet above sea level, the ramp would become inoperable. As of last Thursday, the lake level was 3,529.58 feet.

"Please be aware that it is possible that this lake level will be reached sometime this weekend," a park release said Friday. "The boat ramp will remain operational for smaller vessels until elevation 3525 feet.

You can track the lake level at this site.

Meanwhile, the dropped lake levels are making it harder and harder to reach Rainbow Bridge National Monument from Lake Powell.

"The  dock system  and its restroom have been moved to deeper water and are no longer connected to the Rainbow Bridge trail shoreline," the park said. "Small vessels can beach at the shoreline; however, it is at your own risk."

Once ashore, it's a three-mile roundtrip hike to the iconic stone bridge.

"Hikers walking up through the mud delta at the shoreline may encounter quicksand," warned the park. "The other option is to scramble over boulders at the shoreline until meeting the trail, which extends to the bridge on the far left/northeast side of the canyon."

The park also urged boaters to ensure they have enough fuel to get to the national monument and back to the Wahweep Stateline Auxilliary Ramp, believed to be the only ramp at the south end of the lake operable for motorized vessels.

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