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20120723-4002 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 07/23/2012 Site Name/Facility Type Amenities Hell Hole Campground 10 walk-in family campsites; vault restrooms; and potable water. Upper Hell Hole Campground 13 family campsites accessible by boat or pedestrian trail and pit toilets. Hell Hole Vista 1 picnic site, vault restroom. Hell Hole Boat Ramp, parking areas Ralston Afterbay Ralston Picnic Area and Cartop Boat Launch Indian Bar Rafting Access and parking Long Canyon Middle Meadows Group Campground 3 picnic sites, boat ramp, vault restroom. 5 picnic sites, boat launch, vault restroom. Boat ramp (hand launch, graded but otherwise unimproved), parking area (undesignated parking for about 9 or 10 vehicles), vault restroom. 2 group campsites (75 PAOT); flush and vault restrooms; potable water Notes: PAOT—persons-at-one-time a Facilities at this reservoir are operated and maintained by a Forest Service concessionaire. PCWA’s recreation facility condition inventory (PCWA, 2010c) indicates there are some deficiencies with regard to access roads, internal loop roads, site amenities (e.g., tables, fire rings), and signage. This report also indicates some recreation facilities do not meet accessibility guidelines. Except for group campgrounds, visitor use and capacity data indicates the recreation facilities at French Meadows and Hell Hole reservoirs are underutilized on weekdays, weekends, and holidays. By comparison, the remaining recreation facilities are not underutilized and experience occupancy rates ranging from as low as 7 percent on weekdays to 75 percent on weekends. French Meadows and McGuire boat ramps, located near French Meadows and McGuire picnic areas, respectively, provide the primary boating access to the reservoir. The French Meadows boat ramp is about 20 feet wide, approximately 600 feet long, extending from an elevation of 5,262 to 5,200 feet. The concrete ramp has three turn- 200
20120723-4002 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 07/23/2012 around areas that may be used as water levels recede. The McGuire Boat Ramp is 20 feet wide and 800 feet long extending to 5,200 feet—the same elevation as the French Meadows boat ramp. The concrete surfaced ramp has four turn-around areas that can be used as the reservoir level recedes. Reservoir elevations for different water year types are provided in figure 3.3.2-2 in section 3.3.2. The reservoir elevation typically fluctuates between 5,260 and 5,190 feet with the peak usually occurring in late June. Hell Hole boat ramp, located on the southwest end of the reservoir provides the only boating access to Hell Hole reservoir. The Hell Hole boat ramp is about 25 feet wide, about 1,000 feet long, extending from an elevation of 4,638 to 4,530 feet. The concrete ramp is U-shaped with a widened turnaround area at the bend that may be used as water levels recede. Reservoir elevations for different water year types are provided in figure 3.3.3-3 in section 3.3.2. The reservoir elevation typically fluctuates between 4,630 and 4,500 feet with the peak usually occurring in late June. The upstream end of the reservoir becomes inaccessible or difficult to access when the reservoir level is below about 4,530 to 4,560 feet. Recreational Use The river reaches associated with the project bisect rugged terrain with limited vehicle access. Therefore, recreation use is generally limited to areas in the immediate vicinity of the project facilities or to areas where NFS roads and trails provide access. Recreational uses at the upper elevations of the project in the vicinity of French Meadows and Hell Hole reservoirs include camping at a developed site, reservoir recreation, fishing, day use along a river or stream, day use at a developed site and day use, or camping in undeveloped areas. The primary recreation activities at these reservoirs are camping in developed sites and reservoir fishing; camping in the French Meadows reservoir area is permitted only in the developed camping areas for resource protection. At Hell Hole reservoir the steep terrain and sparse road access generally limits dispersed use to one undeveloped area referred to as Grey Horse. More than 90 percent of the boating use is associated with fishing and non-motorized watercraft use (e.g., kayak, canoe); ski boats and personal watercraft use account for the remaining boating use. Most of the project recreational use, about 38,000 recreation visitor-days per year, takes place at these two reservoirs. The Duncan Creek diversion pool (less than 2 acres) is also located in this vicinity and receives less than 400 recreation visitor-days per year; all of this use is either dispersed day or overnight use that occurs in the vicinity of the diversion dam and impoundment. The mid-elevation portion of the project includes Middle Fork interbay (less than 7 acres) and North and South Long Canyon diversion pools (each less than 2 acres) and, in general, the recreation use in this vicinity is very low. The Middle Fork interbay and the small diversion pools are too small to provide reservoir-based recreation opportunities. Developed site camping is the most frequent use for visitors to Long Canyon (a non-project facility) and river angling and whitewater boating access is the 201
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