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The Mountain and Santa Claus - Kananaskis
Hazards and notices
Warning: Please review the area for hazards and report any hazards you notice. Not all hazards will be posted here.
Flows shown do not include flow from dam spillway or from Lusk Creek. Whatever flow is in the river before the dam opens is in addition to the listed flow.
TransAlta recalibrated their gauge in 2023/2024. A 2024 reading of 24 cms is the same as a 2022 reading of 28 cms.
FLOW CAMERA AND CURRENT FLOWS - KANANASKIS
One the camera, if you get "Stream Error" try changing the video format to MJPEG. Graph has about a 1 hour to 2 hour delay.
FLOW FORECAST - KANANASKIS
Flow forecast by Alex Dalgleish-Morel
Forecasted flows are from TransAlta.
Orange numbers below indicate sunrise and sunset.
Numbers on top of the bars indicate the flows.
Click Config to change preferred flow, dark or light mode, and 24h or 12h mode.
Click on the day to see the forecasted temperature by hour.
On day view, the historical flows are the actual flows from rivers.ab.ca.
HARVIE PASSAGE & 10th Street - CALGARY
Warning: Please review the area for hazards and report any hazards you notice. Not all hazards will be posted here.
CURRENT FLOWS AND FORECAST - HARVIE PASSAGE & 10TH STREET
The flow forecast is from Bearspaw dam. The flow flow at Harvie Passage will be a little higher because the Elbow joins the bow. Forecast is from TransAlta. The Bow flow forecast is not longer provided by TransAlta.
Ideal flows for Harvie Passage low water channel
60 to 100 m3/s for drop 2
150 m3/s+ for drop 6, the second last drop.
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100% of donations go towards the detailed design engineering and construction of the Kananaskis adjustable waves.