Lake Berryessa Glory Hole

[ThumperX]

You can swim up to it. People have done that.

Very safe

 

[CoorsLight]

 

[gixxerjeff]

Now would be the time to pitch that basketball in and find out. Someone has to have one hell of an arm.

And I suppose you'd need someone standing in Angwin to catch it?

 

[Bubba_s]

And I suppose you'd need someone standing in Angwin to catch it?

Oh, that changes things. I looked at a google image of the area and I thought I saw where the water came out at the bottom of the dam. Obviously wrong...

 

[ThumperX]

It spills into Putah Creek quite a ways down the road.

 

[bikeama]

Chart says spills at 440 ft so at 1:15 pm today there should be 2.88" going over the top. We need pictures.

 

[gixxerjeff]

It spills into Putah Creek quite a ways down the road.

Never let geography get in the way of a good one-liner.
#Angwin

 

[Killroy1999]

But what will you have for breakfast?

If we are talking about Glory Hole, then here is a reminder of what I had for breakfast 24 hours ago in ......3, 2, 1.

 

[CocoLoco]

You had poop for breakfast? Ewwww...what are you? German?

 

[auntiebling]

You can see where the glory hole dumps basically at the bas of the dam. You can see the outlet on Google maps satellite view. It's in shadow and a little hidden because of that but there.

You'd have to be crazy fast to both chuck something in the hole and expect to see it exit.

 

[CocoLoco]

Or set up a camera at the exit?

 

[Cyclesuzy]

Lake Berryessa's facebook page has a vid of the glory hole spilling over (just a titch).

 

[SM610]

Byke tells me that glory holes are always better when wet...

arty

 

[FXCLM5]

group ride group ride

not in the rain though lol

 

[boney]

It's a foot over the spillway! And rising!

 

[tzrider]

Makes you wonder if the water can keep rising faster than the spillway can drain it...

 

[ThumperX]

Speaking of spillways, I was just checking on the Orobille Dam.
If I knew how to post video from my phone I have great footage ofLake Hennessy spillway.

 

[rodr]

group ride group ride

not in the rain though lol

Set up a Thursday morning ride followed by breakfast or lunch at the Putah Creek Cafe.

Too bad I don't live around there any more!

 

[Lorry]

Makes you wonder if the water can keep rising faster than the spillway can drain it...

There's probably a separate emergency spillway down a hillside well away from the dam itself.

 

[GB500guy]

Lake Berryessa tops the glory hole again

Tuesday morning the lake level reached the glory hole spillway. That only happens once or twice a decade and is a spectacular sight. As of this morning water level is 40" above the rim and rising. The hole is 72' outside diameter.

Photo from two years ago-

-Bill