River conditions for kayaking in Lyons, Colorado

This just in from local kayaker Adam Schwartz:
"Got our for a bit of play on the A-Hole yesterday. It was great as usual. Plenty of water to throw ends, loops and a bunch of other tricks that I can't do. This is by far the best the hole has been since I've been paddling it for the last couple of years. The new rocks Arn placed last fall have made a huge difference. The hole is really even all the way across with a nice pile right on top of the loop slot in the rocks. Warm water, 70 degrees and sunny... What an unbelievable mid-May day. Also did some slalom paddling a couple of days ago below the October Hole. That's such a perfect spot to get a work out in. Even with just four gates, the water is so dynamic below that hole that it's a great little training spot.


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May 12 Lyons River Report, by Matt Booth

I paddled the Play Park today. I would guess the flow to be about 160 in town. The Black Bear hole was amazing (as usual). You can surf all day and do left and right spins ad nauseam. Very low angle cart wheels are possible. The A-Hole is amazing. The new river right wing is really focusing the waters energy into the center of the pile. The hole is nicely retentive and steep enough for my first completed air loop of the season. The hole is much better at these lower flows than in years past and looks as though it will be nice and juicy at higher flows. I went to look at the new gage we made for SSV (Thanks To Arn) It is at negative 3 inches. (Down 3 inches from 4 days ago). A rough guess of a decent flow is 6 inches. That's all I got.

This just in from local kayaker Scott Young

I just went over South St. Vrain, and it is at the minimum runnable flow of probably just north of 100 cfs. There is a "gauge rock" if you stand on the bridge where Old South crosses SSV, look upstream, and if the water is flowing over the flat rock located river left of center (viewer's right of center), then SSV is runnable.

I checked out Black Bear Hole and A-hole too, and both are looking great!

-Scott Young
Blue Sky Mortgage Group, Inc.

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