River

[zoops]

I may have missed some updates, but any guesses on when the river around Bismarck will be open? I'll throw out March 20.

 

[Allen]

Way before then. It's open down to Double Ditch as of late yesterday. Now, when they clean the ramps off is a different story.

 

[Allen]

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitori...ontinuous-00065-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false

It's opening up on the Mandan side this morning and as the spike in water temp is now above 32 degrees, it's on the way out today. I don't know how much I'd trust boating on the river right now as ice chunks from upstream will still be moving through the area as they loosen up and start to travel, but maybe a person will get a couple of days of river time before this weekend's storm runs them off the water.