| | -
| |  |
|
1 |
-
-
-
-
-
-
| 1 label |  |
|
|
-
-
| 1 label |  |
|
3 |
-
| 1 label |  |
|
1 |
-
|
| | |
|
| Paddleboarding | 2.60 Miles |
|
| | Paddleboarding | 2.60 Miles | 1 Hour 46 Mns | | 1.51 mph |
| | | | |
|
|
| |
| Linked |
|
none
[ show ]
| no linked trail guides |
| Partners |
|
none
[ show ]
| no partners | | In an attempt to assuage the trauma from wading across the algae bloom at Chevelon last week I decided to check out Knoll Lake. I had read reports of the level being low, but you never know what that really means when you read it on the interthings.
Well, it's lower than I've ever seen it. More than two adults, but not quite three ... so close to 15 feet? Which is a lot for a lake with a maximum depth of probably not much over 30 feet (and definitely nowhere near the wiki-reported average depth of 50 feet lol).
While we were still able to paddle around the knoll, the water was shallow enough that you could easily wade the few yards across the channel from the peninsula to the island barely getting your knees wet.
At first glance it looked like the south end of the lake ended right there, but I found an impressive stream channel that cut deep enough into the sediment to paddle an extra 500 yards upstream.
What's really interesting to me is the amount of sediment that has settled into the bottom of both forks of East Leonard Canyon in the 65 years they have been submerged. Except for the stream channel, most of the lake south of the knoll is not more than 10 feet deep at full pool. Who knew!? |
| _____________________
| I'm not sure what my spirit animal is, but I'm confident it has rabies. |
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Route Editor
Route Scout
