The 2023 SCAR Swim With Cold, Floods, Snow In The Desert
This winter season has seen a massive increase in rainfall and snow in the Western States of the US. The water - flowing and frozen - will have an impact on the SCAR Swim Challenge , a 4-day stage swim in Arizona along four reservoirs created by the Salt River : Saguaro Lake on Day 1, Canyon Lake on Day 2, Apache Lake on Day 3, and Roosevelt Lake on Day 4. A white blanket of snow has covered the area around this area, east of Phoenix, Arizona. The snow melt will drop the water temperature throughout the race course between April 26th and 29th. This week - six weeks before the SCAR Swim - there was flooding in the Salt River that shut down recreational access [see here and below]. by AZFamily | Arizona News Race visionary and race director Kent Nicholas [shown below with SCAR participant Roger Finch on right] reported, " SCAR 2023 is packed with an incredible lineup of swimmers and crew. Our Arizona winter weather has been very wet which means the desert should be ...