for all you angelinos who want some flatwater practice for those times you can't make it to a river . . . .

the hansen dam aquatic center in Lake View Terrace (just west of Sunland, about 15 mi. west of Pasadena, 5 mi. north of Burbank) has a nice lake for flatwater practice. it is in the north valley, off the 210 freeway a mile or two east of the intersection with the 118.

DIRECTIONS: take the osborne exit of the 210, go south away from the hills (you are actually on foothill) and drive about a mile, turn left on osborne, and turn left again on dronfield into the park. from there, turn left at the dead end, then turn right at the dead end, then turn left at the first stop sign and take it all the way past the swimming pool to the parking lot in front of the lake.

google earth link: http://duxbury.cc/hansen.zip

it is free.

here's some linkage:

http://www.laparks.org/dos/aquatic/facility/hansendamAQ.htm

http://www.laparks.org/dos/aquatic/hansen.htm

i've been going there once or twice a week for a long time now, but i have never seen another kayaker midweek.

we have a group of five that usually meets those sunday mornings that we don't take it to the kern.

if your handrolling skills are like mine (weak), you know that a friendly bow can come in handy sometimes. plus, it would be cool to meet some other "city" kayakers. we can't all live in bodfish, you know.

so if anyone wants to get together for some flatwater at hansen, gimme a shout -- brettduxbury at mac dot com -- midweek, i usually get there 3 or 330 (no specific day). sundays are usually at 9. if anyone wants to meet at some other specific time, let me know.

oh, the water is quite cold now, but that should be improving.

brett

well we had a nice session this beautiful sunday morning -- and a boof reader showed up! (wayne -- cool to meet you dude; much more good paddling to come!!) we even did some roll filming on a digicam for self-critiques. linkage to follow.

so any other angelinos who want to hook up in the coming months (and beyond) please do. again, some sundays we are not there (because we are at the kern) and mid-week sessions are on a very loose schedule -- iow, no schedule at all, but an email or two can make it happen. just drop a line or hop on the thread.

brett

Hey Brett,

Kern release from Lake Isabella is up to 650. This rain may increase it more by Sunday. Will have to keep an eye on it.

Fast Eddie

heya ed . . . errrrrr, fast eddie . . . ya the flow looks good but i'm off to the sc game sunday afternoon -- no river for me.

hopefully it will stay up enough so i can go next weekend.

as for this sunday, feb 19, at least a couple of us will be at hansen for some flatwater at 9am until 11 or 12 -- so you lurkers out there are welcome to come. i'll be wearing the blue diesel.

brett

fyi, a couple of us will be at hansen tomorrow -- thurs feb 23 -- from 315 to 445 or so. feel free to come by!

also, if the flow stays above 500, we will probably be headed to the river this weekend for some routine class 2 ferry/eddy turn/roll practice at rancheria (usually put in around 930am via the singletrack just east of the bridge and do 2 runs) -- so don't count on any paddlers at hansen this sunday.

brett

fyi -- a couple of us will be at hansen around 3pm this friday, march 24 -- lurkers welcome!

fyi -- four of us will be meeting at hansen dam this sunday (4/2) at 9am.

a handful of us will be meeting at the dam around 5pm this wednesday (5/24)

wed, june 07, 5pm -- see you there!

hey Brett, I might try to make it this time. doubt I can be there promptly at 5 due to work/traffic but hope to get there soon after. years ago I remember teh water being...uhm, not great. how is it now?
Jeff

heh -- the water doesn't bother most of us but tends to leave one of our paddlers with some ear/eye discomfort (he wears earplugs now) -- i believe there is some filter on the lake, tho the water is definitely algae green -- we usually paddle until they kick us out 730ish -- should be rashguard weather -- hope to see you jeff -- at least 3 of us will be there afaik -- brett

anyone going to be there this sunday? 6/18?

sorry sage, i didn't see your post in time -- i was there saturday noon solo and a three folks were there sunday morning -- next wednesday (6/21) we'll be at the dam from 5p-7p -- then next weekend (6/24-6/25) we'll be at the kern running powerhouse rapid (3+) to the park (3-) if anyone needs a shuttle and wants to meet up -- brett

sunday 7/2 9am; tuesday 7/4 9am -- fyi

EDIT --> err, cancel tuseday; it'll be wednesday 7/5 430pm

a handful of us will be there this sunday 7/23 at 9am.

and we've been going every wednesday at 5pm-7pm for the last month or so, and plan on continuing that for the next month or so -- i'll post when that stops, but if you wanna check on that or anything else, my email is in my profile i believe

brett

whats up brother thanks for the reply I would really like to meet up with you near or at the water if you are still going tomorrow. Hopefully you check this and can give me a call, anytime, 425.829.8293 seattle #. chris

we'll be there this sunday 11/19 9 am