10-28-2013, 01:57 PM
Wiperhunter2,
FYI, the Cisco Beach ramp is intended and will only be a "low water only" ramp. What that means is the ramp's concrete will only be exposed when the water level in the lake is low enough to de-water the Rainbow Cove and First Point ramps. Right now there is plenty of water at Rainbow Cove and First Points to launch any sized boat. Since Rocky Mountain Power is done pumping water for the year, the water level will be rising between now and next spring. We get a lot of questions as to why we don't extend the concrete higher up onto the shore. Well, there are several reasons. One, to encourage use of established ramps (1st Point and Rainbow) which already have nice ramps. Rainbow Cove is now paved all the way from the county road down to the boat ramp including the parking areas, so no more rough road or muddy parking areas!! It was done this fall. Secondly, the UDWR wants to maintain as much spawning area along Cisco Beach as possible. Thirdly, this paving was bargained with the Corps of Engineers in the original permit to only go to a particular level up the beach which corresponded to the same level at which Rainbow Cove and 1st Points would be no longer useable. Fourth, the Utah Division of Forest, Fire and State Lands has a comprehensive plan for all the sovereign land (below the high water mark) on Bear Lake which also is designed to protect critical spawning areas along the lake shore which includes Cisco Beach. Finally, the Rainbow Cove ramp has the additional parking that is really needed during busy parts of the summer and fall fishing seasons AND it only about a 1/2 mile north of Cisco Beach.
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FYI, the Cisco Beach ramp is intended and will only be a "low water only" ramp. What that means is the ramp's concrete will only be exposed when the water level in the lake is low enough to de-water the Rainbow Cove and First Point ramps. Right now there is plenty of water at Rainbow Cove and First Points to launch any sized boat. Since Rocky Mountain Power is done pumping water for the year, the water level will be rising between now and next spring. We get a lot of questions as to why we don't extend the concrete higher up onto the shore. Well, there are several reasons. One, to encourage use of established ramps (1st Point and Rainbow) which already have nice ramps. Rainbow Cove is now paved all the way from the county road down to the boat ramp including the parking areas, so no more rough road or muddy parking areas!! It was done this fall. Secondly, the UDWR wants to maintain as much spawning area along Cisco Beach as possible. Thirdly, this paving was bargained with the Corps of Engineers in the original permit to only go to a particular level up the beach which corresponded to the same level at which Rainbow Cove and 1st Points would be no longer useable. Fourth, the Utah Division of Forest, Fire and State Lands has a comprehensive plan for all the sovereign land (below the high water mark) on Bear Lake which also is designed to protect critical spawning areas along the lake shore which includes Cisco Beach. Finally, the Rainbow Cove ramp has the additional parking that is really needed during busy parts of the summer and fall fishing seasons AND it only about a 1/2 mile north of Cisco Beach.
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