{"id":149,"date":"2008-12-20T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/upper-squamish-river-conditions-dec-20-2008\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T23:13:00","slug":"upper-squamish-river-conditions-dec-20-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valleyfishing.com\/upper-squamish-river-conditions-dec-20-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper Squamish River Conditions &#8211; Dec 20, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2JMApijfI\/AAAAAAAAAu4\/REqs76LPlrc\/s1600-h\/122008_chuckchuck.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2JMApijfI\/AAAAAAAAAu4\/REqs76LPlrc\/s320\/122008_chuckchuck.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Frozen Sidechannel\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282028777401126386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow!  Has it been cold.  The average daily temperatures have been well below the freezing point in Squamish for over a week.  Itching to get out, I decided to take the family on a winter outing to the Upper Squamish River to look at bald eagles and river conditions.  Knowing the kids would get hungry I packed us a small snack and the ever-so-needed thermos of hot chocolate. We bundled the kids up and packed them and the two dogs into the Jeep.  Minus 9 read the thermometer when we pulled out of the driveway.<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2DdUSONVI\/AAAAAAAAAuQ\/MLuPjfsWOlE\/s1600-h\/122008_frozenriver02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2DdUSONVI\/AAAAAAAAAuQ\/MLuPjfsWOlE\/s320\/122008_frozenriver02.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Winter Hike\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282022477660042578\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>The kids had a blast pulling the toboggan and looking for eagles in the trees while we walked along a piece of the river with our two dogs. \u00a0Our final count was 4 eagles, quite a few less than I have seen in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The dogs sure enjoyed searching out the dead salmon carcasses that litter the forest floor.  We realized,\u00a0once they got into the truck and warmed up,\u00a0that it may not have been a good idea to let them play with the dead fish &#8230;.yich.<\/div>\n<div>River Conditions: The river was frozen in a lot of places with ice flows all over the place.  I have not seen the river quite so icy. \u00a0Squamish is usually fairly mild even in the winter and rarely do the temperatures stay cold enough to freeze \u00a0the river to the extent I saw today. Unfortunately I also observed high and dry frozen areas where I had observed salmon spawning this past fall. \u00a0These conditions will surely result in the demise of the eggs in those areas. \u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Below are a few shots of the Squamish River from the road taken today (Dec 20, 2008). \u00a0As you can see there is a lot of ice. \u00a0The weather report also suggests that we may receive up to 20cm of snow overnight which means that the road will become too snowy for safe truck travel. \u00a0If the temperatures do not increase to above zero for a significant amount of time, we will not be back up the road until spring. Thank goodness we have the Cheakamus and Mamquam rivers as options throughout the winter as well as some lower reaches of the Squamish.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas and see you on the water when it is warmer!  Brrrrr.<\/p>\n<p>Tight lines,<\/p>\n<p>Clint<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2GsQxPzlI\/AAAAAAAAAuo\/-yCgYpEg6Sk\/s1600-h\/122008_ashlubridge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2GsQxPzlI\/AAAAAAAAAuo\/-yCgYpEg6Sk\/s320\/122008_ashlubridge.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bridge to Ashlu River\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282026032949349970\" \/><\/a>Pearing into the still water of a side channel we noticed some dead chum carcasses on the river bottom. \u00a0The water was very clear and very cold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2HtRcME5I\/AAAAAAAAAuw\/SSZ8rTbGnIE\/s1600-h\/121008_frozenriver01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2HtRcME5I\/AAAAAAAAAuw\/SSZ8rTbGnIE\/s320\/121008_frozenriver01.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Clear River Channel with Dead chum salmon - they're white\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282027149820957586\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2GhEUKxoI\/AAAAAAAAAug\/sx9hDrtd-G8\/s1600-h\/122008_kidsice.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_S0k8lR4GDc8\/SU2GhEUKxoI\/AAAAAAAAAug\/sx9hDrtd-G8\/s320\/122008_kidsice.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Icicles Hooray!\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282025840627598978\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! 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