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Some sections gone
If you're looking around for a few of the sections we had before, I'm sorry to say that some of them are just plain gone. I decided it was time to narrow the focus of the site a bit to make sure we can really do a good job of covering the things we kept around. We were getting a little thin before, trying to offer something for everyone. We've got a new sitemap here though, so you can see all the sections.

Flaming Gorge is a great place to turn to when it gets too hot to go to other southerly destinations like Lake Powell. The lake sits at just over 6000 ft. elevation, so the weather stays a bit cooler than you'll find other places. The cool, clear, deep lake produces some monster fish, including the State record Lake Trout at 51 pounds, German Brown Trout over 30 pounds and Rainbow Trout over 25 pounds! From Salt Lake City, there are a couple ways to get to Flaming Gorge, but if you take the I-80 route, you can be at the Lucerne Marina in about 2 1/2 hours.

The lake was created in 1962 when the Flaming Gorge dam was built.  It's 91 miles long, and covers 42,000 acres.  The Green River just below the dam is one of the most populated rivers in the United States, with fish populations being reported as high as 22,000 per river mile! There is some debate going on right now regarding these two fisheries, the Gorge itself and the Green River below it.  Some Environmentalist organizations, including the Glen Canyon Action Network are calling for the decommisioning of several Dams along the Colorado River drainage, and Flaming Gorge Dam is one of the dams they think needs to be pulled down.  For more on this, visit our Land Use Issues section.

One of my own trips to Flaming Gorge changed from relaxed and fun to tense and dangerous in just a few minutes. Read the article about what happened here.