August 8, 2024
| Reporter | Aldo Fernandez |
| Gauge Reading | 380 cfs at WEBER RIVER AT GATEWAY, UT |
| Flow | Medium Runnable |
On August 5th, 2024, a group of four novice/intermediate packrafters attempted to scout the Weber River section between the popular takeout at Taggart Falls and Riverside Park in Morgan, UT. The intent of this scouting mission was to visually confirm clear passage from Taggart Falls into the town of Morgan to extend the popular Hen-Tag route, perhaps the new section could be coined Hen-Mor. Private land made access for scouting difficult if not impossile in some areas.
On satellite imagery the river appears to be mostly very calm class I with at least 5 major river-wide obstacles visible. 3 of these were visually confirmed (feet on the ground) to be man-made check/diversion dams constructed from loosely assembled boulders having drops of about 3-5 ft at 380 cfs that could probably be run by more experienced paddlers in small boats and be reasonably portaged by others. The remaining 2 could not be accessed on foot for visual inspection due to private land issues. This group of paddlers opted not to run this section due to the knowledge of probable obstacles that could not be scouted prior to launch.
The first river-wide obastacle in this section appears on sattelite here and could not be scouted from the ground due to private land access issues: 41°03'06.5'N 111°36'19.9'W
The second river-wide obastacle in this section appears on sattelite here and could not be scouted from the ground due to private land access issues: 41°02'49.0'N 111°36'15.8'W
The third river-wide obastacle in this section appears on sattelite here and was visually confirmed as a diverson dam of loose boulder construction (see photo for more details): 41°02'21.5'N 111°39'19.1'W
The fourth river-wide obastacle in this section appears on sattelite here and was visually confirmed as a check dam of loose boulder construction (see photo for more details): 41°02'15.6'N 111°39'40.1'W
The fifth river-wide obastacle in this section appears on sattelite here and was visually confirmed as a check dam of loose boulder construction (see photo for more details): 41°02'27.8'N 111°40'14.6'W
Riverside park offers several opportunities to take-out river right.