Yesterday some of us ran the drunk tank line at drunkards drop with success, just a fun steep green drop into a big rooster trail. Today it was flat. The rock that made the tank is gone and just big waves now.
There is a huge wave where trinity would be, but it's surgy. I've never seen trinity at this level so I don't know what it would look like but maybe at lower flows a good pile will form and our good friend will be back.
Rivers are cool.

Yes they are. That rock isn't just going to disappear over night because of a little high warter though.

It dissappeared because the river is high and its underwater. Yes maybe it will shift some, and yes gravel and sediment always gets distributed differently on the Wenatchee. It is a subtle process that occurs all season long each year. I doubt Trinity is going to return to anything like its former glory in a single season, though.

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Edited by Jetters - 14 May 2013 at 6:35pm

I ain't underestimating the power of anything. I wouldn't be surprised if it got moved, or pulverized either, because its sandstone and it is on the outside of the bend.

By the way, I didn't start paddling here, but in river years, I AM AN OLD TIMER, at this point. I may underestimate many things, but the power of rivers is not one of them.

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Edited by Jetters - 13 May 2013 at 7:45pm

Here is a link to a video of the Drunk Tank taken about a week ago; flow was 14,200.
Yesterday evening, at a similar flow, there was no drop, and Trinity appears to have reformed. Jeremy Bisson even got a nice surf after catching the left eddy.

I will investigate tonight and report back. I think at 14k the rock was pretty well covered up but who knows...

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I'll even bring a camera..

Edited by n8r78 - 15 May 2013 at 2:32pm

I have photographic evidence, but I am holding onto it for the court case....

"Is this the REAL Trinity? Like, you know Trinity and it's REALLY back?"

I believe OG trinity was not in below 10. The opinion last night was that this version seemed to be in very nicely at a somewhat lower level than OG trinity. Definitely a chance that it may stay in at lower levels. I'll be putting on today @ 5:30 so we'll see.

Hey diddle diddle right down the middle is a big green bastard and cheap thrills. If you run a line down the left or right it looked like smaller waves trains with bigger hits in them.

it is usually best at 10k on peshastin so probably 11k monitor. i'm guessing it dropping through the prime zone right now.
that would be so awesome if it came back. i thought it was gone forever

Whoops, you can't quote a completely benign post that has been removed.



I guess spontaneously exploding into a ball of flames at the tiniest hint of contradiction is an effective way of steering who posts what on this forum, but I'm not sure it's a good thing for PP in general.



Edited by irened - 16 May 2013 at 1:52pm

It was in today - seemed to be on the verge of not being in.