What exactly are they doing??? Please don't say
they are building up the dam!! I rode all the way to Cool from the
overlook via training hill on Sunday before I found out my preferred method of
return through the Quarry was closed. I found the short cut trail to got
home and that was a nice ride through the woods. I am just interested what
they are doing to the dam.
Just wanted to warn riders that the
Bureau of Reclamation started blasting today down at the coffer dam in
Auburn, CA. I know because I was riding back from Cool via No Hands
Bridge when they started blasting. I was about a mile from the overlook. The
good news is I think they're setting the charges off underground because while
there was a huge billowing cloud of smoke and stinky sulfur smell that
engulfed the whole canyon, but there was very little sound. My horse
wasn't spooked at all. Not to say they'll do it this way in the future, but at
least today wasn't bad. Also, the gate is locked going across the coffer dam
and a sign is posted at the overlook that the trail to Cool via the coffer dam
is closed until Jan. for anyone who is interested. I saw the sign but really
didn't think they'd start blasting for another month or so. I was obviously
wrong.
