Lyle Sandbar? Above or Under Water

synergy12 · Since 31 May 2007 142 Posts Stoked

Noticed HR sandbar totally underwater yesterday......anyone know if Lyle if above water

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

Last year the lyle bar was completely covered even when the sandbar was still showing a bit, so my guess is its totally flooded.

B · Since 29 Apr 2008 18 Posts Hood River

drove by lyle sandbar last night at about 7:30 pm, it was completely under
water then, and probably still is, like pkh said, if the HR sandbar is covered you
can bet that lyle is as well

Jackal · Since 17 Dec 2005 147 Posts WS Stoked

Sandbar is gone, high water launch is gone, lots of floating driftwood to stand on.

Please don't rig kites on the railroad tracks, its a sure way to attract negative attention for the spot. Lots of amazing flatwater though- looks dreamy.

jonah · Since 20 Jul 2006 169 Posts Hood River Stoked

Not only is the high water launch not usable, but there isn't a spec of dry land anywhere on it.

I could not scope out a suitable way to launch there (except maybe to have someone hold your kite at the railroad tracks and scramble down the rock banks far West of the trail... bad idea for so many reasons). I tried to scheme a way where you rig your kite at the parking and then wind up lines on the bar and carry it out to the water. Problem is there's no way to get an inflated kite through the bushes/weeds. And you can't deflate it just to carry through bushes because there is not a single spot of dry land on which to put your pump.

Small chop/waves were breaking in the "runway" that's usually the high water rigging area. Water completely covered all areas that are normally dry with weeds/bushes growing. Debris and huge logs were floating all over the high water launch. Kind of set back the cleanup effort Sad

But at least we got most of the nasty trash out of there.