Comments on: Paddling Horsetooth Reservoir (River) 6 Years Ago http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/paddling-horsetooth-reservoir-river-6-years-ago/ pictures, video, stories, reviews, tips & gear for paddling photography Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:35:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: chris http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/paddling-horsetooth-reservoir-river-6-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-458 chris Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:07:11 +0000 http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/?p=462#comment-458 I miss horsetooth. Ill have to venture up that way from the big D for a hike here pretty soon. I miss horsetooth. Ill have to venture up that way from the big D for a hike here pretty soon.

]]> By: marek http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/paddling-horsetooth-reservoir-river-6-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-70 marek Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:00:59 +0000 http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/?p=462#comment-70 In the fall of 2000 I wrote on my website: "The reservoir will be drained to 1/3 of its capacity to repair the leaking dams." And, pretty soon I got e-mail from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation explaining that: "Actually, the dams don't leak. That's not the problem. The problem is that there is a limestone formation that runs the length of the reservoir and dives underneath Horsetooth Dam on the northern end--and that limestone has been channeling water out under the dam for quite some time". In the fall of 2000 I wrote on my website:
“The reservoir will be drained to 1/3 of its capacity to repair the leaking dams.”

And, pretty soon I got e-mail from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation explaining that:
“Actually, the dams don’t leak. That’s not the problem. The problem is that there is a limestone formation that runs the length of the reservoir and dives underneath Horsetooth Dam on the northern end–and that limestone has been channeling water out under the dam for quite some time”.

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