KSL News: Drought Reveals What’s Under Lake Powell, John Hollenhorst reporting

Lake Powell has dropped to its lowest level since 1969, when it was first filling up.

The long drought is giving us an unprecedented chance to see what’s under the lake created by the Glen Canyon Dam, and what effect it’s had.

It’s possible people alive today will never see Lake Powell as low as it’s going this winter. It’s expected to drop another five feet and then rebound about 50 feet this summer.

If the drought is broken, the lake may again cover up “The Secrets of the Bathtub Ring”.

Boating on smooth winter water, we have the lake to ourselves. The white bathtub ring looms, now 140 feet from top to bottom, a measuring stick for seven years of drought.