Vernal Express | 1980-05-22 | Page 19 | Flaming Gorge Area Ready for Memorial Day Visitors

flaming Gorge area ready or Memorial Day visitors ' ' Flaming Gorge Recreation Area is ady for the Memorial Day weekend 6 sitors, according to officials of the 'icti John Ranger District of Ashley t; ilional Forest. Ike following report was released Kerning facilities available at laming Gorge. ; ill campgrounds will be open for the s 'Jiorial Day weekend, except Spirit r k- " ti: The reservoir level is 6007 feet which ? (33 feet below the high water mark of t, ' Large lake trout are still being aught. A 37 lb. lake trout was caught si week. 7 Streams are still high and muddy, t ! spillway road is now open for rafters below the dam on the Green River. All roads are open for rafters below the dam and on the Green River. All roads are open except for the Spirit Lake, Deep Creek and Dowd Mountain roads. The Deep Creek road will open May 23. The weather has stayed cool with afternoon showers. Red Canyon and the Dam Visitor Centers will open for the season around noon May 24, after the Flaming Gorge Visitor Center dedication ceremony. Hours will be from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The dedication ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the parking lot adjacent to ,the dam.