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Trip Report

Moab Daily — May 2020 (Cinco de Mayo, Dropping Flows)

A six-day Cinco de Mayo 2020 Moab Daily annual trip at 12,000 → 9,000 cfs — fifteen people across four families on a redrock day-stretch stretched long. The flow dropped every day and the keys to at least one vehicle were unaccounted for at various points.

6 days 12,000 cfs 15 people
Season spring
Launch 5-5-2020
Flow 12,000 cfs
Water 64°F avg
(USGS)
Weather 42–89°F, trace rain
Takeout 5-10-2020
Conditions

12,000 → 11,000 → 10,000 → 9,000 CFS — dropping each day

6 days
12,000 cfs
5 ft/mi
Data

Flow: USGS Colorado near Cisco (09180500), 6,230–7,710 cfs daily mean.

Weather: Moab, UT, 42–89°F, 0.06in precip. NOAA GHCN-Daily

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