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i <br />Abstract <br />This report was prepared to support the application for water rights by the Town of <br />Silverthorne for the Blue River Whitewater Course (hereinafter the "Course"). This report <br />details the qualifications of the author as the whitewater park designer, as an expert kayaker, and <br />as an expert witness with respect to the uses of boating park generally, and to this boating park in <br />particular. It further details the design process, objectives, and structures used in this Course. It <br />also discusses the attributes of the Course at varying flow levels. The report concludes that the <br />site chosen for the Course is appropriate ar.td that these structures will be used to capture and <br />control the Blue River in order to create a recreational attraction for the Town of Silverthorne. It <br />further concludes that this course will attract the desired level of use, boaters and events, thereby <br />meeting the goals of the Town, if the flows, are at, or above, the claimed levels. <br />Introduction <br />The purpose of this report is to prowide information regarding the water rights application • <br />that has been filed by the Town of Silverthorne for the proposed Blue River Whitewater Course. <br />I have extensive factual knowledge of and expertise regarding how the Course will be designed. <br />Having spent my summers growing up pacldling there, I have a long history with the Blue River <br />in Silverthorne. As an avid kayaker, I also have extensive knowledge of how this boating park <br />will be used. <br />I have designed many such boating courses around the country, including boating parks <br />in Salida, Golden, Vail, Breckenridge, Gwinison, Aspen, and Boulder, Colorado; Reno, Nevada; <br />Ogden, Utah; and Green River and Casper, Wyoming. The boating courses I have designed have <br />hosted numerous national and international competitions. Based on my experience as a kayaker <br />and a whitewater course designer, it is my opinion that this Course will be one of the best in the <br />region. <br />It is my opinion that the Whitewater Course will function best at high flow rates. High <br />flow rates will result in the highest amount of use by the general public and may be capable of <br />hosting whitewater events. It is my opinian that water flows of up to 1,200 cubic feet per second <br />("cfs") is what draws the biggest events arid the most boaters from many areas, and that the <br />boating experience and the operation of the Whitewater Course are best at that flow rate, <br />however, the Whitewater Course will attraict many boaters at 600 cfs and above. The quality of <br />the Whitewater Course will be enhanced as flows increase. In fact, higher flows make the <br />Whitewater Course the recreational attracl:ion it will be designed to be. <br />r? <br />LJ <br />-1-