Thanks to La Niña, the winter of 2016/2017 has been a record breaker for snow accumulation in Idaho and the Northwest.
The current snowpack as of early March in the Boise River Basin is 144 percent of average which means there is going to be a lot of water coming out of the mountain wilderness of Central and SW Idaho and flowing into the Boise River as it courses through the Treasure Valley towards the mighty Snake River on the Oregon/Idaho border.

The Boise is already flooding sections of the fabled Boise River Greenbelt, but this week the river is expected to hit the flood stage level of 7,000 cubic feet per second as it flows through the city. It is not officially Spring yet and this weekend the mountains are still getting pounded with snow. This is going to be a wet and wild runoff season.

This thread will be ongoing through Spring as a way to remember history and to honor a beautiful river which is one of the main reasons Boise grew into the city it is today.

If anyone else would like to contribute their photos please do it. :D


March 4






Near Broadway Avenue





The ducks think they are so cool because they can swim over the Greenbelt.






The same stretch to the left of that little island on the south side of the river as seen from the West Parkcenter Boulevard Bridge.









The Northern route is dry for now.


Downstream towards Broadway Ave and Bronco Stadium.






The Hunter
Bald Eagles are common along The Boise River during the winter months.



Coming soon.....hundreds upon hundreds of ducklings



Strike a Pose

Up next, the new Broadway Bridge with views.

Originally Posted by pablosan (Post 7731355) The awesome force of nature!! I look forward to seeing the different stages of the river. Hopefully, it won't be too catastrophic.

The flashy new Broadway Bridge:siren:
March 4
Boise State on the left, Julia Davis Park some Giraffe's and Downtown on the right.


















The Greenbelt upgrades at the new bridge are nice.
























Capitol Boulevard Bridge/Oregon Trail Memorial Bridge
Always looking classy

The Boise Basin snowpack grew over the past month as mountain storms delivered 300 percent of normal February precipitation, forcing federal dam managers on the Boise River to prepare to raise the river above flood level with at least four months of runoff still ahead. That means Treasure Valley residents should prepare for a long flooding season and consider buying flood insurance in low-lying areas. The basin’s snowpack was measured at 140 percent of average March 1, with the streamflow forecasts ranging from 150 percent to 190 percent of normal this year, reported the Idaho Natural Resources Conservation Service. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported Tuesday that 2.2 million acre-feet of water sits in the three Boise reservoirs and as snow in the mountains of the 2,680 square-mile watershed. That is despite increased flows below Lucky Peak since early February. The releases bought dam managers some capacity, with the three reservoirs at 52 percent, down from 61 percent a month ago. Water managers from the Corps and the Bureau of Reclamation plan to raise the river to about 7,500 cubic feet per second by Friday. Flood stage is considered to be 7,000 cfs at the river gauge at the Glenwood Bridge in Garden City. Wednesday morning, the gauge showed about 7,200 cfs passing beneath the bridge — roughly 10 1/2 feet of water. Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/l...#storylink=cpy

March 9
The Greenbelt @ The Glenwood Bridge
Garden City













The Boise Whitewater Park is under water











36th Street Greenbelt footbridge



Riverside architecture





Looking up @ The Boise Ridge

I have always admired the strength of this tree in the river downtown between Capitol Boulevard and the 8th Street Greenbelt Bridge.
Year after year it gets flooded during the runoff yet it remains rooted in the Boise River.

March 11











uh oh

Originally Posted by Northernlad (Post 7740091) Awesome. Looking forward to more!

March 18
The Arboretum at Barber Station in East Boise, currently under construction, is located next to the Boise River Greenbelt and the river and is getting a taste of what spring runoff flooding is like and will be like in the future.

https://www.facebook.com/arboretumboise/

Looing downstream towards downtown.






















































Time to head back downtown and home.

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity (Post 7746040) I'm guessing all that water in the foundation of that building isn't a good thing. Could you get a few more angles of the flooding. ;)

Originally Posted by FutureNorthEnder (Post 7746476) Perhap they can advertise The Aboretum as the Venice of Boise. They could sell kayak dock space.

Originally Posted by pauljurczak (Post 7746653) I posted one of your images to their Facebook page. I don't have high hopes of it getting approved though.

March 24
Americana Boulevard Bridge

Here is one and I have a few more I will post tomorrow.


March 25

April 8
downtown @ the river

May 30
South Fork Canyon of the Boise River
Northeast of Boise
the south fork before it meets the north fork and middle fork and forms the main river flowing through boise