Parkway High Water Update
All the gates are open at Nimbus Dam.
This morning, I had the opportunity to run on the upper Parkway (upstream of Hazel Ave to Beals Point) and found it to be in quite good shape. State Parks folks were out keeping an eye on things and there was only a small amount of debris on the roadway.
The only standing water worth noting is just on the west edge of Negro Bar.
I felt that the most dangerous section was along the bluffs just downstream from Negro Bar. The new, cement retaining wall has already been put to work this winter, but you should still be alert to rocks and debris falling down on the trail while the hills are saturated from the endless rain.
Below Hazel Avenue is a bit more iffy.
There is deep water on the trail around Sunrise (about the 20.5 mile mark) and there’s reportedly a well-marked detour in place.
It has also been reported to me that there is a fair amount of water around the 4-mile mark, between 2 and 2.5, and pretty solidly between the 1-mile mark and Discovery Park.
Discovery Park has been well underwater since Thursday, and is likely to remain so for a week or more. As noted before, Discovery Park is generally flooded when the Sacramento River is at 19-feet at the I Street Bridge. The USGS is reporting 25-feet this evening and predicting higher levels through the end of the week.
Folsom Dam with four gates open.
