8 - Sheep Gulch to Palisades Reservoir

If the Palisades reservoir is low enough (below 60% full was suggested), this beautiful section makes a great addition to the regular West Table to Sheep Gulch run; or it can be done from Sheep Gulch to Palisades reservoir if you are short on time. At 6850 cfs, the one major rapid has waves at least as big as Lunch Counter, with stronger swirlies in the runout. At high spring flows, (like above 16K) this section is serious, harder than the Alpine canyon run. In July of 2013, the reservoir level was down to 5542, which is low enough that the rapids are great, and the river is moving well right to the takeout. In August 2016, with the reservoir at 5553 Aug 19, this section was in, and the river still moves to the takeout. Flow was only 3600, and this section was a definite step up from the West Table to Sheep Gulch section. In 2018,  5581.97 ft was 56% full. http://www.usbr.gov/pn-bin/graphrt.pl?pal\_af Reservoir level in feet, and link to elevation graph: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/ramps/palisades/palisades.html Elevation graph Teacups: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/burtea.html Water year graph Trying to correlate reservoir level with acre-feet. These levels were not "in": Elevation on Aug 12 2018 was 5603.87 ft, 953337 acre-feet. Average reservoir storage on Aug 12 is 747303 acre-feet, that would probably not be in either.