Glen Canyon reappears as the reservoir Lake Powell dries up

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The Glen Canyon Dam flooded Glen Canyon in 1963 to create the Lake Powell reservoir. Now that the reservoir is drying up, Glen Canyon is reappearing.

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So all the rain and snow they’re getting this year won’t help fill it up again?

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Note that the Colorado River, which fills Lake Powell, depends on precipitation in its wartershed areas in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

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The Colorado river watershed has had a lot of snow but not like California. I think it’s at about 130-140% of normal. It will help these two reservoirs and possibly distract the interested parties away from the problem of overuse, but it’s not going to fill the reservoirs or fix the problem.

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I just watched a YouTube video where it was predicted the snow in the Colorado River watershed would increase Lake Powell’s level anywhere from 30-50 feet. It’s currently about 170 feet below the height at capacity. So the snow will help a bit, but won’t fill the lake up. I drove by Lake Powell last summer and it was both scary and depressing to see how low the lake was. Same with Lake Shasta in northern California.

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Glen Canyon looks gorgeous. I actually hope they let it stay, at least until we can explore it. It’s a shame that it was ever flooded TBH.

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This reservoir was built to satisfy the needs of upper basin states like Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. They will never give up this dam even if Colorado keeps on dying.