Come on guys; its only gonna be shut down for a year. And when its done it will be so much better. 
When the Echo State Park project got started a couple years back, I talked with the Parks & Rec guy involved with the planning process and was told that they were considering adding a new ramp in the same area as the current ramp and leave the old ramp for personal watercraft launching. I again talked with the Parks & Rec folks in January this year to see what the plans were for starting the ramp area construction phase of the new park (Red Rock Cabin & Day Use Area). The plans for 2 ramps in that area were scrapped and now there will be just one ramp. It will be in the same location as the current ramp but will be much wider and longer. The only camping in this area will be in the Park's Cabins.
Phase one is called the Dry Hollow Campground and where the RV camping will be allowed. That is pretty much completed. Phase three will be the Ranger Overlook area and that will have an 'access' to the south end of the reservoir which will be a wakeless area. The plans don't indicate an actual launch ramp, but rather just an access area.
The last phase will be a camping area on the inlet stream to the reservoir called the Chalk Creek Campground. No launch planed for this area at all.
The new launch at Red Rock will be multi-lane and the entire parking area will be paved. It will be very nice to fish there from a boat in 2022.
Here is a link to the original Draft Environmental Assessment.
Draft Environmental Assessment
Echo Recreation Development
When the Echo State Park project got started a couple years back, I talked with the Parks & Rec guy involved with the planning process and was told that they were considering adding a new ramp in the same area as the current ramp and leave the old ramp for personal watercraft launching. I again talked with the Parks & Rec folks in January this year to see what the plans were for starting the ramp area construction phase of the new park (Red Rock Cabin & Day Use Area). The plans for 2 ramps in that area were scrapped and now there will be just one ramp. It will be in the same location as the current ramp but will be much wider and longer. The only camping in this area will be in the Park's Cabins.
Phase one is called the Dry Hollow Campground and where the RV camping will be allowed. That is pretty much completed. Phase three will be the Ranger Overlook area and that will have an 'access' to the south end of the reservoir which will be a wakeless area. The plans don't indicate an actual launch ramp, but rather just an access area.
The last phase will be a camping area on the inlet stream to the reservoir called the Chalk Creek Campground. No launch planed for this area at all.
The new launch at Red Rock will be multi-lane and the entire parking area will be paved. It will be very nice to fish there from a boat in 2022.
Here is a link to the original Draft Environmental Assessment.
Draft Environmental Assessment
Echo Recreation Development
Bob Hicks, from Utah
I'm 82 years young and going as hard as I can for as long as I can.
"Free men do not ask permission to bear arms."
I'm 82 years young and going as hard as I can for as long as I can.
"Free men do not ask permission to bear arms."