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PostFri Jun 03, 2011 2:37 pm 
If any of you are headed across Route 2 this weekend (or later) and going through Tumwater Canyon, please try to get a look at Drury Falls. Does it look like this?
Great Drury Falls pic by DRSpalding. Or more like this?
Drury Falls - pushing the lens
Drury Falls - pushing the lens
Scrooge tele. At this time of year, just a couple of weeks* can make all the difference between an ordinary stream and a stream swollen with snowmelt. ....... I want to try to get over there to catch the flood at something close to peak. *As it happens, those two pics were taken just 12 days apart!!!

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PostFri Jun 03, 2011 3:35 pm 
I heard that water is falling. winksmile.gif

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PostFri Jun 03, 2011 4:03 pm 
this weekend looks like a great melt..high temps big snowpack.

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PostFri Jun 03, 2011 8:26 pm 
I heard the water was just perfect as it was coming down very silky!

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PostFri Jun 03, 2011 8:44 pm 
I just came through there Wednesday. It's definitely closer to the bigger one. That was after two days of pretty steady rain. I did not know it's name so it's pretty funny to see it pop up here a couple of days later.

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PostFri Jun 03, 2011 9:40 pm 
Obi Tony Kenobi wrote:
I heard the water was just perfect as it was coming down very silky!
If it's coming down that way, that's the way I'll photograph it. agree.gif wink.gif

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PostSun Jun 05, 2011 4:52 pm 
Here's what it looked like from the top of Tumwater on Saturday afternoon (6/4), Scrooge.
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PostSun Jun 05, 2011 7:32 pm 
Thanks, GO-Go. That's as good as I could hope for. It looks like about the same flow (or maybe slightly more) as in ARSpalding's pic. It's even got the same little pile of snow left on that ledge in the middle. agree.gif
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Given the forecast for a fairly cool week (up at 5000 feet, in Drury's drainage basin), I think I'm gonna guess that the runoff will be heavier week after this (and it will certainly be as good). ................................................................. Does anybody know if the Wenatchee River ever reaches flood stage just from snowmelt? or does it take some sort of rain event to push it over its banks? ......... I was thinking that I could watch for NOAA flood warnings to let me gauge the flow, but I'm not sure that's true. frown.gif

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PostMon Jun 06, 2011 1:21 am 
Here ya go Scrooge, this was taken Sunday evening.. sorry for the not so hot pic, was shooting right into the sun...

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PostMon Jun 06, 2011 1:27 am 
Nonsense! That's a great pic, Soop! agree.gif Thanks for posting...

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PostMon Jun 06, 2011 3:25 am 
Two years to the day!
Drury Falls 06-05-11 ... sooperfly pic
Drury Falls 06-05-11 ... sooperfly pic
Drury Falls tele 06-05-09
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That's the one, soop! Not gonna get much closer than that. Thanks! And DHM is right: that's a GREAT pic. agree.gif (I ran it through my Flickr account to fix the thumbnail problem). Unfortunately, I can't get there today, frown.gif and cooler weather the rest of the week will slow it down again. However, the 10 day forecast makes the beginning of next week look pretty good.

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PostMon Jun 06, 2011 5:35 am 
Scrooge - What are you doing up at 3:25 am ??? Drury Falls ain't that important.

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PostMon Jun 06, 2011 4:01 pm 
Splendid shots of Drury Falls and 'historic' flow, 6/5/09. Thrilling.

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PostMon Jun 06, 2011 8:15 pm 
You have also done a good job of photo-documenting the upper pitches of an obscure rock climb called The Original Route (lll, 5.8) on the Waterfall Column formation that ascends the obvious corners and cracks to the lookers right of the falls.

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PostMon Jun 06, 2011 8:30 pm 
Scrooge wrote:
Two years to the day!
Drury Falls 06-05-11 ... sooperfly pic
Drury Falls 06-05-11 ... sooperfly pic
Drury Falls tele 06-05-09
Drury Falls tele 06-05-09
Hey Scrooge, this should go in that one thread that has the comparison pics. I can't remember the name of it otherwise I would post a link but I am sure you know how to find it... This one is perfect for it.

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